Pointer and storage panels

Table 1 summarizes the IPCS primary commands, IPCS line commands, ISPF primary commands, and PF keys that can be used on the pointer panels and the storage panels.

Table 1. Pointer and Storage Panels - Commands and PF Keys
When You Want to: Enter ===> Use PF Key
Get help HELP command (ISPF) 1 or 13
Reset entered commands RESET primary command (IPCS)
Split the screen SPLIT command (ISPF) 2 or 14
End processing END primary command (IPCS) 3 or 15
Cancel processing CANCEL primary command (IPCS)
Return to IPCS primary option menu RETURN primary command (IPCS) 4 or 16
Search for a value FIND primary command (IPCS)
Repeat the FIND command RFIND primary command (IPCS) 5 or 17
Use Symbols to:
  • Create an IPCS defined symbol
  • Create a user-defined symbol
  • Renumber stack entries
STACK primary command (IPCS)

EQUATE primary command (IPCS)

RENUM primary command (IPCS)

6 or 18

Scroll
  • Up (toward top)
  • Down (toward bottom)
UP primary command (IPCS)

DOWN primary command (IPCS)

7 or 19

8 or 20

Swap screens. SWAP command (ISPF) 9 or 21
Display a pointer or storage LOCATE primary command (IPCS)

SELECT primary command (IPCS)

Browse through a dump by positioning the cursor

To a 24-bit address; the pointer is recorded on the pointer panel

To a 31-bit address; the pointer is recorded on the pointer panel

STACK X primary command (IPCS)

LOCATE CURSOR% primary command (IPCS)

STACK X primary command (IPCS)

LOCATE CURSOR? primary command (IPCS)

 

10 or 22

 

11 or 23

Move the cursor to command/option line CURSOR command (ISPF) 12 or 24
Format a control block CBFORMAT primary command (IPCS)
Identify areas of storage that contain an address WHERE primary command (IPCS)
Invoke an IPCS subcommand, CLIST, or REXX exec IPCS primary command (IPCS)
Select a pointer and display storage addressed by that selected pointer S (select) line command (IPCS)
Delete pointers D (delete) line command (IPCS)
Edit a selected pointer E (edit) line command (IPCS)
Format a pointer with a data-type of STRUCTURE F (format) line command (IPCS)
Insert pointers I (insert) line command (IPCS)
Replicate existing pointers R (repeat) line command (IPCS)