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

Factors Affecting Panel Description File Location
Working With Panels
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Interaction When Test Mode Is On
If test mode is on when an NCL process attempts to display a panel description file,
NonStop NET/MASTER MS tries to locate the panel description file on disk. NonStop
NET/MASTER MS uses the default or customized search path to search for it,
beginning with the user panel library.
If NonStop NET/MASTER MS finds a match, the NCL process uses the panel
description file to display the panel. After display, NonStop NET/MASTER MS does
not put the panel description file in the active panel queue—it ignores the setting of
the SYSPARMS MAXPANEL command.
If NonStop NET/MASTER MS cannot find the panel description file using the default
or customized search path, the NCL process raises a run-time error that you can trap
with either the ERROR or PANEL_ERROR error handler. For more on these error
handlers, see Section 7, “Run-Time Error Handling.”
Interaction When Test Mode Is Off
If test mode is off when an NCL process attempts to display a panel description file,
NonStop NET/MASTER MS tries to locate the panel description file in the active panel
queue.
Panel description files in the active panel queue are unique. If NonStop
NET/MASTER MS finds a match, the NCL process uses the panel description file to
the display the panel.
If NonStop NET/MASTER MS cannot find the panel description file in the active
panel queue, NonStop NET/MASTER MS tries to locate the panel description file on
disk. NonStop NET/MASTER MS uses the default or customized search path to
search for it, beginning with the user panel library.
If NonStop NET/MASTER MS finds a match, the NCL process uses the panel
description file to display the panel.
After display, NonStop NET/MASTER MS uses the setting of SYSPARMS
MAXPANEL command to determine whether to put the panel description file in the
active panel queue.
If NonStop NET/MASTER MS cannot find the panel description file using the default
or customized search path, the NCL process raises a run-time error that you can trap
with either the ERROR or PANEL_ERROR error handler. For more on these error
handlers, see Section 7, “Run-Time Error Handling.”