If you think it's broken or not documented well or even if you just don't 
like the way it works and want it changed, then contact IBM's SDSF 
support.  IBM-MAIN can't change it - no matter how long and loud you 
yell.  Only IBM can do that.

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:36:40 -0700, Paul Gilmartin 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>In a recent note, Walt Farrell said:
>
>> Date:         Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:13:02 -0500
>>
>> On 3/5/2007 12:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >>
>> >                                 ...  But in SDSF "SJ" while
>> > EDITSET shows "Confirm Cancel" as disabled, SDSF still asks me
>> > to confirm Cancel.
>> >
>> > ISPF really needs to get its act together.
>>
>> I would say that ISPF does have its act together, gil.  It allows
>>
>Not in my perception.  You're showing an unseemly excess of
>employee loyalty.
>
>> applications to run with different application prefixes, settings,
>> variable pools, and commands.  You've described one of the effects of
>> that flexibility.
>>
>> SDSF runs with a different application profile (ISF) than PDF does
>> (ISR).  Thus the commands available are different, the settings are
>> maintained separately, etc.
>>
>> You need to do the EDITSET (or any other action that sets profile
>> variables) once for each different ISPF application you're using.
>>
>Do you, then, consider it correct, or a manifestation of "flexibility"
>that EDITSET under SDSF displays "Confirm Cancel" as disabled, yet
>the Cancel command itself still requests confirmation?
>
>And "flexibility" can be a PITA when there's no global default
>setting and the customer is required to do the profile setting
>for each application, and suffers a high astonishment factor when
>entering a seldom-used applicaton and encountering a deviation
>from behavior that had generally been observed to be uniform and
>stable.
>
>Is there a way to make such settings globally rather than locally?
>It would be great to have a checkbox that says "Apply these settings
>to all applications."
>
>-- gil
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