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5.2.2 Using the facility

When the PUSH command sequence is defined, either Enter or a PF Key may

be pressed once the command is keyed. If Enter is used, the screen image is

placed in the next available slot. If a PF Key is used, the screen image is placed

in the slot identified by the PF key number, even if it is already occupied,

overwriting the original contents. If the PUSH screen command is defined as a

key, a screen may be saved by pressing the defined key, and the screen image

is placed in the next available slot, since no provision is made for identifying a

particular slot. All the saved images are deleted when the end user logs off from

Session Manager, but the Hardcopy facility can be used to obtain a permanent

copy when required.

Inserting a comment

There is the possibility to insert a comment describing the saved screen. The

twenty-characters starting from the cursor position are taken as the descriptor for

the screen image. They may be part of the original display, or may be keyed in. If

all twenty characters are blank, Session Manager uses the date and time as a

descriptor. It is worth noting that if a comment is inserted by typing it, the cursor

must be positioned back immediately before the first character typed (but after

the PUSH sequence) in the way shown in Figure 5-6.

Figure 5-6 PUSH screen with a comment

Before you press the Enter key, the cursor must be repositioned under the t letter

of the word this to have all the comments picked up. Also, after the Enter key is

pressed, the screen is pushed and the PUSH sequence (/> in this case) will

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SYSTEM: SC66 USERID: SM01

Sel DESCRIPTION APPLID STATUS ACBNAME LOGMODE NODE

PF1 CICSA Unavail

PF2 CICSB Unavail

PF3 IMS/DC IMS Unavail

PF4 VM via VSCS VM Unavail

PF5 TSO - A TSOA Unavail

PF6 TSO - B TSOB Unavail

PF7 CONSOLE MANAGEMENT FACILITY MLOG Unavail

PF8 CONSOLE MANAGEMENT FACILITY COMMAND Unavail

PF23 Disconnect from Session Man CMD

PF24 Logoff from Session Manager CMD

800 Online Administration OLA Start ISZ001 ISZLNK66

HARDCOPY = /H

===> /> this is a comment

2 SCREENS PUSHED

ESC: Menu PA3 Bwd << Fwd >> Cut *c Paste *p Push /> Pull /.

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disappear, but the written comment will remain on the command line, so you will

have to erase it to avoid the command not recognized message.

Pulling screens

Figure 5-7 shows what will appear in the PULL Index Screen after the PULL

command is issued.

Figure 5-7 The PUSH/PULL Index screen

As you can see, at first we have the pushed screen where the comment was

inserted explicitly on the PUSH command, followed by one screen pushed

without any comment, thus specifying the default date/time as screen title.

Pushlimit

The PUSHLIMIT default is 12. It can be changed to a maximum of 999. Because

each Push/Pull index screen can contain a maximum of 40 lines, more index

screens are created when more then 120 screens are pushed.

Miscellaneous

To page forward from the first index screen, the command FWD has to by keyed

on the command line. To page backward, the BWD command must be used. To

go forward on a line boundary, the DOWN command has to be keyed. To go a

line backward, the UP command must be used. If the last index line displayed is

the number 40 and we want to go forward to line 45, then type the DOWN 5

command.

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ID Pushed Screen Title ID Pushed Screen Title ID Pushed Screen Title

-- ------------------- -- ------------------- -- -------------------

001 this is a comment

002 10/09/04 10:54:42

Press PFnn OR press ENTER with pushed screen ID ===>

On pushed screens: PFnn display pushed screen nn

PA1/2 page pushed screens

CLEAR erase displayed pushed screen

ENTER return to index / exit - Y/N : Y