ISPF (the "Interactive System Productivity Facility") provides dialog management facilities for effectively developing and executing interactive applications in the MVS/TSO environment.

In this training your learn:

• to build applications by means of dialog manager services;
• to define, test and use the different dialog functions and elements.

• Overview:
  elements • libraries • possibilities of the dialog management services
• Screen design:
  several parts • syntax rules • screen variables
  use of SELECT and DISPLAY services
• dialog functions:
  REXX execs and invocation of services
• Variables and pools:-
  function variables • common variables • application profile variables • system profile variables
  • Definition and invocation of (error) messages
  • Definition and use of skeletons
  • Table treatment with or without TBDISPL service
  • Testing of the dialog

Classroom instruction. About half of the time is spent on exercises.

Delivered as a live, interactive training – available in-person or online, or in a hybrid format. Training can be implemented in English, Dutch, or French.

Sufficiently familiar with ISPF (see course ISPF/PDF basics), and knowledge of TSO commands and REXX execs (see course TSO/E REXX).

System programmers, database administrators, people responsible for support, developers, analysts and application programmers who need a practical course of the Dialog Manager of ISPF.