Display panel fields

The fields on the Display Panel function as follows:

Panel name: The name of the panel to be displayed.
Message id: The identifier of a message to be displayed on the panel.
Cursor field: The name of the field on the panel where the cursor is to be positioned.
Cursor position: An integer specifying the position in the field where the cursor is to be placed.
Message pop-up field: The name of a panel field the pop-up message window should be placed adjacent to. Note that the message definition determines if the message will appear in a pop-up window.
Display in window: A slash ( /) specifies that the panel is to be displayed in a pop-up window.

If you specify a panel name, entries in "Message id", "Cursor field", "Cursor Position", "Message pop-up field", and the Display in window option are optional.

With the exception of the Display in window option, these are the same parameters that a dialog function can specify when calling the DISPLAY service. Selecting the Display in window field is the functional equivalent to the dialog issuing an ADDPOP service before the DISPLAY service.

When the panel is displayed, the )INIT and )PROC sections of the panel are processed in the same way the DISPLAY service would process them.

If you want to set variables before you display the panel, you can use the Variables option (7.3) to do so. When you display the panel, you can type in new data or type over existing data, and then verify the variables by using the Variables option (7.3) again. Data that you type on the panel is retained until you change it, leave Dialog Test, or reset the function pool.

Figure 1 shows the panel that is displayed if you specify message ID ISPD241 and, optionally, a cursor position without identifying a panel name. The long message portion of the identified message is displayed when you enter the HELP command on that panel.

Figure 1. Message display panel (ISPYP2)

                                                                 Invalid option

            This panel is used to display your specified message.















                ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
                │ The option that was entered was not valid. │
                └────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 Command ===>                                                              
  F1=HELP      F2=          F3=END       F4=DATASETS  F5=FIND      F6=CHANGE
  F9=SWAP     F10=LEFT     F11=RIGHT    F12=SUBMIT

When you enter the END command from the panel being tested, the Display Panel reappears on the screen.