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ISPF HELP and TUTOR panels

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raveendra321

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Oct 10, 2006
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Hi Everybody,

Can anyone please help me understand the difference between HELP and TUTOR commands in ISPF.

Within an PANEL say PANMAIN, I use .HELP = PANELHLP and I when I press PF1/PF13 PANELHLP is displayed.

I wanted to know how is TUTOR command different from the one mentioned above and how can I invoke the tutorial panel.

Thanks in advance...

Regards,
Raveendra.
 
ISPTUTOR is the ISPF function which controls the display of HELP panels. You invoke ISPTUTOR with the command 'HELP' which translates to
Code:
SELECT PGM(ISPTUTOR) PARM(&ZPARM) NOFUNC SCRNAME(HELP)


Frank Clarke
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Hi Frank,

Thanks for the information. I tried this out and was able to view the HELP panel.

I have a scrollable area in HELP panel and I use the following keys -

PF7=PrvPage
PF8=NxtPage
PF10=PrvPage
PF11=NxtPage

When i am at the top of the HELP panel, i get a message "Top of data", and if i press PF7 or PF10 once again there is message displayed.
However, when i reach the bottom of page, i get a message "End of data", but when i press PF8 or PF11 once again, i am directed to the main ISPF tutorial panel as shown below.

Code:
Tutorial --------------------- Table of Contents -------------------- Tutorial 
 Option ===>                                                                    
                                                                                
                   ISPF Program Development Facility Tutorial                   
                                                                                
 The following topics are presented in sequence, or may be selected by entering 
 a selection code in the option field:                                          
      G  General      - General information about ISPF                          
      0  Settings     - Specify terminal and user parameters                    
      1  View         - Display source data or output listings                  
      2  Edit         - Create or change source data                            
      3  Utilities    - Perform utility functions                               
      4  Foreground   - Invoke language processors in foreground                
      5  Batch        - Submit job for language processing                      
      6  Command      - Enter TSO command, CLIST, or REXX exec                  
      7  Dialog Test  - Perform dialog testing                                  
      9  IBM Products - Use additional IBM program development products         
      10 SCLM         - Software Configuration and Library Manager              
      11 Workplace    - ISPF Object/Action Workplace                            
      X  Exit         - Terminate ISPF using log and list defaults              
      The following topics will be presented only if selected by number:        
      A  Appendices   - Dynamic allocation errors and ISPF listing formats      
      I  Index        - Alphabetical index of tutorial topics

Is there a way to prevent ISPF from displaying this panel(ISPF Tutorial) when i reach end of my HELP panel.

Thanks,
Raveendra.
 
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