On 9 Feb 2010 10:16:51 -0800, ds...@hotmail.com (Dave Salt) wrote: >> I was thinking, I don't know the difference between ISPF & SPF >> anymore. Nor PDF. > >SPF is the old (original) name for ISPF, unless you're thinking of SPF/PC >(which of course is an ISPF look-alike that runs on the PC). > >PDF is the 'Program Development Facility', which is basically an application >that runs under ISPF. It has a menu where 1=View, 2=Edit, 3=Utilities (etc). >Many people confuse PDF with ISPF, and don't realize PDF is simply an ISPF >application. Other examples of ISPF applications include SDSF, SimpList, >FileAid, home-grown ISPF dialogs, and so on. > >Adding to this confusion is the fact the 'ISPF main menu' is called the 'ISPF >main menu', when really it should have been called the 'PDF main menu'. But >then again, many shops customize the menu and add other applications to it >(such as those I just mentioned), so I guess in a way it really is the 'ISPF >main menu'.
And pretty much, in most shops I've been in, I could enter any of the above and get the same result. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
