Why take this course?
After completing this course, you will be able to
- Create REXX or CLIST applications using Dialog Manager services for the TSO environment
- Use panel language to display, accept, and process data in dialog variables
- Provide diagnostic and help messages, menus, ISPF tables, pop-up windows, action bars, and keylists
- Use PDF Browse and edit services, ISPF Library Access services and ISPF File Tailoring
- Use the dialog test and trace services to debug an application in development
5 Days : Fee - $ 2,947.00 (CAD) :
Multi-seat - $ 1,997.00 (CAD)

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Audience
Applications and systems programmers, who need to know how to create, maintain, and support Dialog Manager applications.Any prerequisites?
Students should have experience in using ISPF/PDF, especially the editor, and in coding either TSO REXX execs or TSO CLISTs.}Applicable prerequisite courses or equivalent are :
Major topics covered?
- Dialog variables and variable pools, including variables services
- System symbols
- Panel definition language and panel processing logic
- LIBDEF service
- DISPLAY service
- Message services
- Library Access services (LM...)
- Pop-up windows
- Scrollable fields
- SELECT service and menus
- Dialog Test
- CONTROL services
- Browse, Edit, and View interfaces
- Help panels and tutorial services
- ISPF tables and table services
- ISPF table display services
- ISPF Table Utility
- File tailoring services and skeletons
- Obtaining data set information
- Command tables and user-written commands
- Introduction to CUA (Common User Access) standards
- Creating and using action bars
- Introduction to Dialog Tag Language (DTL)
- Creating keylists using DTL
- Installing ISPF applications