Trapping keys on a REXX panel

[SowKan]

My requirement is when I press a PF1 key on the main panel, the helpanel should be displayed.
In my panel definition, I have coded the following:
)INIT
)PROC
VER (&MMBR,NB)
VER (&A,NB,LIST,1,2)
VER (&B,NB,LIST,1,2)
&KEY = .PFKEY
)END
And in my REXX code I have the following:
if KEY = "PF01" then
do
"ispexec libdef ispplib dataset id('MYREXX.rexx.test')"
"ispexec display panel(helpanel)"
end
But still the helpanel doesn't get displayed when I press a PF1 on the main panel.
I am not able to figure out what went wrong in this.

 

[kevinpink]

I'm not clear as to why you would want to do what you are doing the hard way. Wouldn't it be easier to assign the help panel to the main menu panel:

)BODY
Command =>_zcmd
)INIT
.HELP = HELPPAN
)PROC

I know this has been posted before. If you wish to continue with your method, you need to be looking for the appropriate command (i.e. HELP) being issued on the command line (check the value of the 'zcmd' variable). Relying on every user to have their PF1 key assigned to HELP is a risky assumption.

 

[SowKan]

Thanks for the help, Kevin.
But can I give my own help panel to be displayed by doing it this way?

 

[kevinf2349]

Yes.....just change

.HELP = HELPPAN

to say

.HELP = yourpanl <==== this should be the name of your help panel member name

 

[mainframeboy]

SowKan, I don't mean to sound condescending, but have you even bothered to go through the ISPF Dialog development models, particually the PANFORM models? They are a valuable source of information, that you can easily CUT and PASTE into your ISPF libraries, especially when you need to construct a particular type of panel.