IDD Menu Facility Online Commands
The commands that direct an IDD menu facility session and manipulate the contents of pageable screens fall into two categories: top-line commands and line commands. These types of commands are described in this section. For complete information regarding the menu facility online commands, see CA IDMS Common Administrating section.
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The commands that direct an IDD menu facility session and manipulate the contents of pageable screens fall into two categories:
top-line commands
and line
commands. These types of commands are described in this section. For complete information regarding the menu facility online commands, see CA IDMS Common Administrating section
.Top-line Commands
Top-line commands are used to direct a menu facility session. You enter top-line commands in the command area on any screen.
To enter a top-line command, either type the command in the command area and press ENTER or use the assigned global control key. For a list of control keys, see Predefined Control Keys earlier in this section. For an in-depth discussion of menu facility top-line commands, refer to
CA IDMS Common Administrating section
.The following table lists and describes the top-line commands available to the IDD menu facility. An asterisk (
*
) identifies those commands which apply to pageable screens only
.Top-line command
| Description
|
END | Immediately terminates the current session. |
HELP | Invokes the help tutorial associated with the current screen (refer to Help Screens for additional information). |
SUSPEND | Suspends the current session and returns control to the host TP monitor. |
SWITCH (only if the IDD menu facility is executing under the control of the transfer control facility) | Suspends the session and transfers control to the specified online CA IDMS component or to the transfer control facility selection screen. |
APPLY * | Updates the screen but does not submit the screen to the DDDL compiler. |
DELETE ALL * | Deletes all information contained in all pages of the pageable screen. |
DISPLAY LINE * | Displays the requested line at the top of the screen. |
DISPLAY PAGE * | Displays the requested page of the pageable screen. |
ENTER * | Sets the ENTER key to execute the APPLY or the UPDATE command. |
ESCAPE * (pageable screens that contain text only) | Establishes the escape character that must be used with line commands. |
FIND * | Locates a character string by searching forward or backward within the pageable screen. |
INSERT * | Inserts new text or definitions into the pageable screen. |
REPEAT * (pageable screens that contain text only) | Repeats the line at which the cursor is positioned. |
UPDATE * | Updates the screen and invokes the DDDL compiler. |
Line Commands
Line commands (also called text-editing commands) move, copy, delete, or repeat a line or group of lines in a pageable screen that contains text or source code statements. For a list of line commands that apply to the IDD menu facility, see Line Commands.
Line command syntax and rules are fully documented in the
CA IDMS Common Administrating section
document.