Updating an action

To update the configuration of an action, use either of these methods:

Type e (edit) in the line command field next to View or Edit, and press Enter.
Type / in the line command field next to View or Edit, then choose File > Edit from the action bars in the panel

After you choose to edit an action, the screen shown in Figure 1 is displayed.

Figure 1. Modify Tool Configuration window

 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ier  Help
 │                 Modify Tool Configuration                   │ ──────────────
 │                                                More:     +  │
 │ Description  . : View      Code  . : V                      │    More:     +
 │                                                             │
 │ Options                                                     │ 2
 │ Data . . 1  1. Text        Invocation   2  1. Modal         │
 │             2. Binary                      2. Modeless      │ 1
 │                                                             │
 │ Workstation command                                         │
 │ e                                                           │
 │                                                             │ B
 │ Additional parameters                                       │ ;
 │                                                             │
 │                                                             │
 │ Working directory                                           │
 │                                                             │
 │                                                             │
 │                                                             │
 │                                                             │
 │                                                             │
 │  F1=Help        F2=Split       F3=Exit        F7=Backward   │
 │  F8=Forward     F9=Swap       F12=Cancel                    │   F9=Swap
 └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The fields found on this panel are as follows:

Description: Text explaining the ISPF action.
Code: The ISPF action code assigned to this workstation application.
Data: The format used for the object file during download and upload to the host. Use Binary for data that you want to leave unchanged on the host, for example, image files such as bitmaps.
Invocation: The processing mode for this action. Use Modal to ensure that an action is completed before your application moves on to another task. For example, if you want to upload and replace an object on the host, specify Modal. Modeless means that the action can continue while your application performs other tasks, effectively running in parallel with the application.
Workstation Command: The workstation invocation command string or name. This can be the actual command name of the workstation application, or a workstation path and command name.
Additional Parameters: Additional parameters that are recognized by the workstation command.
Working Directory: The directory on the workstation in which files used by Workstation Edit are stored. These include saved copies of workstation files and temporary copies of host files that are being processed by Edit or View on the workstation.
If you do not specify a location, a default directory is used. On Windows, the default is the directory where the ISPF WSA was started. On UNIX systems, the default is the user's home directory.