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genesis786
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Hi - if i have a screen like below
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field1 field5
field2 field6
field3 field7
field4 field8
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and i want to have my tab sequence starting from field1 then 2,3,4,5,6,7,8.. can that be done, if yes how? |
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PeD
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????
Yes, change the order of move or display or ....
By the way which language and environment ? 
Don't you believe that will help us to help you ! |
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MBabu
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| it doesn't matter. If it is a 3270 the answer is no. left to right, top to bottom is your only choice. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| left to right, top to bottom is your only choice |
Yup, for the physical tab key.
Many applications support a "logical" tab - some PFkey(s) defined to support what you describe (i.e. a Phone Book scroll). The actual TAB'ing is done with in the code rather than the "3270". |
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genesis786
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| By the way which language and environment ? |
hi sorry i missed..
using BMS maps and CICS.. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
You would need to provide this in your code rather than it being a terminal feature. |
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skkp2006
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genesis786,
You will need to explore the ISPF Tabbing (hardware/software/logical) feature. Press F1 in ISPf edit screen and look at software tabbing....
You will need to do something similiar to this
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Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR
****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************
=TABS> ---- ---- ----
000001 fld1 fld2 fld33
****** **************************** Bottom of Data **************************** |
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genesis786
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| You would need to provide this in your code rather than it being a terminal feature. |
Thanks d.sch.
Could you please tell how to handle that in code?
I will design the screen in a usual way - and in symbolic map i will have all the fields... now programmatically how would i control the tab sequence?  |
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MBabu
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| ispf and cics are completely different systems so you can discard that particular advice. And ispf logical tabs are also left to right, top to bottom. See Dick's comment about implementing your own function key based (not tab based) cursor control. |
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genesis786
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| so basically - we cannot do this using the tab key.. we need to use a function key and capture it with DFHAID ,and then keep on passing the cursor to the next desired field.. am i correct ? |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| we cannot do this using the tab key.. we need to use a function key and capture it with DFHAID ,and then keep on passing the cursor to the next desired field.. am i correct ? |
Yes. . . 
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| ispf and cics are completely different systems so you can discard that particular advice. |
Yes, they are, but i'm not sure that relates to the situation. . . I'm probably missing something, but i believe the "solution" is up to the developer in either case (rather than exploitint some "hardware" feature.
In the 3270 environments that i've seen this kind of functiinality can be implemented - if one is willing to do the extra work. |
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