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PF7 and PF8 not working in Dynamic area


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Appu

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:15 pm
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Hello Team,

I have defined a dynamic scrollable area panel Definition as follows :

Code:

)ATTR                                     
@  AREA(DYNAMIC) EXTEND(ON) SCROLL(ON)   
...
)BODY EXPAND(||)       
....     
@DYNVAR1
...


From my REXX, I am populating this DYNVAR1 ; but when the list grows the scroll Option doesnt work. That means each time I press PF7 or PF8, the Panel is thrown again and Page Up and Page Down doesnt work.

PLease help.
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prino

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:06 pm
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You may throw panels out of frustration, but ISPF certainly does not.
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Nic Clouston

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 2:42 am
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Exactly - nothing on the mainframe "throws" anything. Do you mean "re-displayed"?

Have you checked the Keys settings whilst the panel is being displayed?
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Willy Jensen

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:42 pm
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The scroll keys do not do anything for a dynamic area. You must interrogate the variables zscrolla, zscrolln and zcmd and reposition the data yourself.
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don.leahy

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:28 pm
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Willy Jensen wrote:
The scroll keys do not do anything for a dynamic area. You must interrogate the variables zscrolla, zscrolln and zcmd and reposition the data yourself.
Yes, this is one of the challenges to using dynamic areas, and why it is considered an advanced technique by experienced ISPF dialog developers.
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Pedro

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 2:20 am
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You have to do this again:
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From my REXX, I am populating this DYNVAR1 ;


As Willy said, you have to determine how much to scroll and then populate DYNVAR1 appropriately. In addition to those variables already mentioned, I think you also need to use .CURSOR and .CURPOS to account for cursor based scrolling.
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Marso

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:10 pm
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ISPF panels - beyond the basics should be helpful.
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