Displaying field help information

To display the field help information:

  1. Place your cursor on the field.
  2. Press the Help function key (F1). The field help information is displayed in a pop-up window.

    While the pop-up window is displayed:

    • Press the Extended Help function key (F5) to access the Tutorial Help page for the current panel.
    • Pressing the Help function key (F1) takes you to the Help Tutorial page within the Tutorial Help system (that is, the page that describes how to use Tutorial Help).
  3. When you have finished reading the message or the relevant Tutorial Help page, press the Exit function key (F3) to return to your starting panel.

For example, Field help information for the PSB Type field shows the message displayed when F1 is pressed when the cursor is in the PSB Type field on the Browse Entry Panel.

Figure 1. Field help information for the PSB Type field
  ┌─────────────────────── PSB Type ───────────────────────┐                                                      
  │ The type of PSB that the Browse uses to access the     │
  │ database. Enter:                                       │
  │ 1 for a dynamic PSB.                                   │
  │ The Browse uses a temporary PSB that it generates      │    (If static PSB)
  │ at the start of the dialog.                            │    (If BMP)
  │ 2 for a static PSB.                                    │
  │ The Browse uses an existing PSB you specify in the     │
  │ PSB name field.                                        │
  │  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=Resize      │
  │  F5=Ex-help   F6=Keyshelp  F7=PrvPage   F8=NxtPage     │
  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ from (if DLI)
    1  1. Dynamic       1  1. DLI           1  1. User profile
       2. Static           2. BMP              2. DFSMDA members

    View usage                              Enter "/" to select option
    3  1. New                               /  Secondary index (if dynamic PSB)
       2. Existing                          /  Skip DB data set panel (if DLI)
       3. None

 Command ===>
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=CRetriev  F7=Backward  F8=Forward
  F9=Swap     F10=Actions  F12=Cancel