You can set the keys to SWAP LIST to provide a dropdown selection. Jerry Whitteridge Design Engineer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184
If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Donald Johnson > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 12:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PF9 Swap question > > Lindy, if you think of the SWAP command as alternating between two > screens, > or two "sides" of a display, this might make it easier. When you are > on the > "A" screen and press PF9, you will go to the "B" screen. Press PF9 > again, > and you are back on the "A" screen. OK so far? > > Now, if you are on Screen 2 on the A side and Screen 4 on the B > side, you > will alternate back and forth between these two. When you enter the > command > SWAP 3, it does not switch sides, but changes the screen displayed > on the > current side of the swap. For example if you are on Screen 2, with > Screen 4 > as the other side of the swap, and enter SWAP 3, you will change to > Screen > 3, and PF9 will swap to Screen 4, PF9 back to 3, and PF9 again to > Screen 4. > Now, from Screen 4 if you enter SWAP 6, you will change from 4 to 6 > on your > active screen, and PF9 will go to 3. > > So, if you are still with me, your answer is very simple...Once your > screens > are set up, do the following... > 1. enter command SWAP 3 <enter> (this is the "A" side) > 2. Press PF9 (to go to the "B" side) > 3. enter command SWAP 6 <enter> (change the "B" side to 6) > > Now you are set to toggle between 3 and 6. The key to remember is > that PF9 > swaps to the other side, and the command SWAP # (or PF9 with the #) > will > change the active screen to the new #, it does not swap. > > Hope this helps! > *don* > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Patrick Lyon > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 May 2011 18:22:13 +0200, Lindy Mayfield > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >I have been using multiple ISPF screens for many years now, 12 or > so. I > > have memorized what each one is. Like 1 is edit, 2 is SDSF, 3 is > ISHELL, 4 > > is > > 3.4 and so on. > > > > > >Problem is that I still cannot figure out how to make PF9 swap > between two > > screens that I want. Let's say I am in ISHELL on number 3 and I > want to > > swap to number 6 for example. I put 6 in the command and hit PF9 > and it > > goes there. Then I hit PF9 and it goes to #2 for example. I want > it to go > > from 6 to 3. How do I do that? > > > > > >I know it can be done, because I do it accidentally quite often, > but even > > after all these years I haven't figured out the pattern. > > > > > >thank you very much > > >Lindy > > > > Lindy, I have been playing here with my sessions and I do not > think you can > > do as you'd like unfortunately. > > > > I too use multiple sessions, sometimes I run out of them (the > limit being > > 8)! > > > > With my ID I have changed all my PF2 settings to the START command > and > > PF9 to SWAP NEXT. > > > > As John pointed out, I do have the SWAPBAR command invoked, and > you can > > see the panel names at the bottom of your screen. If I'm on > screen #2 for > > instance, I can type SWAP 5 and it will go to screen 5 (as noted > on the > > display with an asterisk next to the screen you are on). > > > > I then can go to all the others using the SWAP n command, but a > SWAP PREV > > only takes me back one in the list as noted on the SWAPBAR > display. > > > > So I don't think the SWAP command is intuitive enough to know what > screen > > you really were previously on. Sorry! > > > > The SWAPBAR is a neat feature, although I find it cumbersome to > tab down to > > the right screen and hit enter to get to it. It is just faster to > hit my > > PF9 > > SWAP NEXT command. Same with SWAP LIST. My opinion only, of > course. > > > > HTH, > > Pat L. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN > INFO > > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN > INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. 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