INFO (Information Region)

The INFO tag defines an information region for a panel.

Syntax


>>-<INFO--+-------------------------+--+----------+------------->
          '-WIDTH=-+-format-width-+-'  '-INDENT=n-'   
                   '-*------------'                   

>-->--</INFO>--------------------------------------------------><

Parameters

WIDTH=format-width | *: This attribute determines the width the conversion utility uses to format the text in the ISPF )BODY section of the panel. If WIDTH is not the value is set to the remaining available panel (or region) width. If specified, the WIDTH value cannot be larger than the defined width of the panel (or region) minus 2 characters. For example, a WIDTH value of 58 is acceptable for an information region within a panel with a defined width of 60.
Note: You should code the WIDTH attribute if the information region is part of an application panel definition that uses horizontal region capability. The actual width used in a horizontal region is 2 characters longer than the WIDTH attribute value to provide for attribute bytes that delimit the region.
INDENT=n: This attribute defines the number of columns to indent the current information region from the current left boundary.

Comments

The INFO tag defines an information region for a panel. The information region is used to display text such as paragraphs, lists, notes, examples, and figures. A typical use of the INFO tag is for the definition of text within help panels.

Restrictions

The INFO tag requires an end tag.
You must code the INFO tag within an AREA, HELP, or PANEL definition. See AREA (Area), HELP (Help Panel), and PANEL (Panel) for descriptions of these tags.

Processing

Table 1. The tags you can code within an INFO definition
Tag	Reference	Usage	Required
DIVIDER	DIVIDER (Area Divider)	Multiple	No
DL	DL (Definition List)	Multiple	No
FIG	FIG (Figure)	Multiple	No
Hn	Hn (Heading)	Multiple	No
LINES	LINES (Lines)	Multiple	No
NOTE	NOTE (Note)	Multiple	No
NOTEL	NOTEL (Note List)	Multiple	No
NT	NT (Note)	Multiple	No
OL	OL (Ordered List)	Multiple	No
P	P (Paragraph)	Multiple	No
PARML	PARML (Parameter List)	Multiple	No
SL	SL (Simple List)	Multiple	No
SOURCE	SOURCE (Source)	Multiple	No
UL	UL (Unordered List)	Multiple	No
XMP	XMP (Example)	Multiple	No

Examples

Here is help panel markup that contains an information region. The text of the information region is defined using two P (paragraph) tags and an unordered list (UL) tag with three LI (list item) tags. Figure 1 shows the formatted result.

<!DOCTYPE DM SYSTEM>

<HELP NAME=info WIDTH=60 DEPTH=22>ShelfBrowse Help
<AREA>
<INFO WIDTH=42>
  <P>When ShelfBrowse finds your book, it displays this
  information:
  <UL>
    <LI>Reference information about the book.
    <LI>The location of the book.
    <LI>If the book is in stock.
      <P>If the book is not in stock, see the librarian.
  </UL>
</INFO>
</AREA>
</HELP>

Figure 1. Information region

                      ShelfBrowse Help

 When ShelfBrowse finds your book, it
 displays this information:

 o   Reference information about the book.

 o   The location of the book.

 o   If the book is in stock.

     If the book is not in stock, see the
     librarian.






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