Check out my LOADISPF routine which can be imbedded in your exec to manage imbedded elements. My ZSTART exec is an example of using it but there are many others where I've used it as well.
Hope this helps -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA Enterprise Operations (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10) Information and Technology, IT Operations and Services Office: 512-326-6173 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: "embedded" ISPF panels/message/etc Check out some of Mark Zelden's apps on his website. Some have imbedded ISPF in them Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 8:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: "embedded" ISPF panels/message/etc > > I want to write an ISPF application which is self contained. I vaguely > remembered that someone, sometime, said it is possible to "embed" the > ISPF panels / message / et al in the REXX itself. The only thing that > I've seen is more like an shell HERE document. This function basically > creates a temporary file, writes the HERE data to it, then uses that > temporary file. > The ISPF equivalent is to write the ISPF panels / messages and so on > into "temporary" PDSes. And then use the LIBDEF to make the PDSes > active. Is this the way it is done? That is, by "cheating", rather than some > ISPF function? > > -- > "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. > It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
