NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

Panel Description File Libraries
Working With Panels
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Panel Description File
Libraries
Panel description file libraries are subvolumes that store panel description files. A
panel description file library may be a system panel library or a user panel library.
This subsection explains the difference between system panel libraries and user panel
libraries.
System Panel Libraries and
Files
A system panel library contains panel description files owned by a NonStop
NET/MASTER MS system. There are two system panel libraries: the distribution
panel library and the customized panel library. There is also a distributed panel
object file.
Distribution Panel Library and Distributed Panel Object File
A NonStop NET/MASTER MS system has only one distribution panel library. This
library contains two types of files: the source code of panel description files
distributed as part of a NonStop NET/MASTER MS installation or upgrade, and the
distributed panel object file.
NonStop NET/MASTER MS upgrades replace the source code of those panel
description files in the distribution panel library that are superseded by new versions.
(Refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS System Management Guide for a list of panel
description files for which source code is distributed.)
The distributed panel object file contains the object code for most of the panel
description files required by NonStop NET/MASTER MS, and for which source code
is not supplied. NonStop NET/MASTER MS upgrades replace those panel description
files in the distributed panel object file that are superseded by new versions.
The location of the distribution panel library is defined in the NonStop NET/MASTER
MS configuration file using the PARAM PNLDISTSRC command. The following
example uses the PARAM PNLDISTSRC command to define the location of the
distribution panel library in the subvolume $DATA4.ZNNMPDS:
PARAM PNLDISTSRC=$DATA4.ZNNMPDS
The location of the distributed panel object file is defined in the NonStop
NET/MASTER MS configuration file using the PARAM PNLDISTCODE command.
The following example uses the PARAM PNLDISTCODE command to define the
location of the distributed panel object file in the subvolume $DATA4.ZNNMPDS:
PARAM PNLDISTCODE=$DATA4.ZNNMPDS.PCODE