Using PF Keys

Program function (PF) keys are keyboard equivalents to commands. PF keys and the ENTER key allow a user to move from panel to panel, and to perform functions more quickly than if they were typed on the command line.

PF key default values for the APPC administration dialog are set in the non-display panel (ICQASE00). Descriptions of ENTER key processing and default processing for the PF keys follow:

ENTER key: Processes information typed on the panel and displays the next panel.
Help PF key: Displays a help panel for a functional panel or currently displayed message.
Exit PF key: Cancels a function (possibly several panels' worth of input) and returns the user to the most recently viewed primary panel from which the function was selected. Exit is equivalent to End.
Cancel PF key: Cancels processing on the currently displayed panel and returns the user to the previously displayed panel.