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

Testing a Panel
Working With Panels
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If no message is displayed, the panel test has been successful. In particular, this result
indicates that the panel exists in the specified panel library, the panel was successfully
displayed, one or more panel input fields have been modified, and internal validation
has not detected any errors.
Otherwise, the following errors and messages can result from testing a panel:
The panel description file exists in the panel library and the panel was successfully
displayed, but no input was entered in an input field that required a value. The
following message indicates this:
NO FIELDS MODIFIED, PANEL panel
This message indicates that, when the panel was displayed, you pressed the
ENTER key before you entered a value in an input field that required a value. If
this message is displayed, test the panel again and, when the panel is displayed,
enter a value into all input fields that require a value before pressing the ENTER
key.
The panel description file exists in the panel library and an error was raised after
the panel was displayed. The following message indicates this error:
ERROR, FIELD field-in-error , PANEL panel
This error message indicates that internal validation has detected an error in an
input field. For example, after the panel was displayed, an unacceptable value,
such as 6, was entered in an input field that could accept only a restricted range of
values, such as values from 1 through 5. If this error message is displayed,
examine the value entered in the field in error against the range of acceptable
values specified in the panel description file. (The field in error is the name of the
input field, less the ampersand (&).)
The panel description file exists in the panel library and the panel was displayed,
but the display timeout limit elapsed without any input. The following message
indicates this error:
TIMEOUT EXPIRED, PANEL panel
The #OPT INWAIT panel control statement specifies the timeout limit for
displaying a panel. If this error message is displayed, check the value of the
timeout limit and test the panel again, being sure to enter input before the timeout
limit expires.
The panel description file does not exist in the panel library. The following
message indicates this error:
PANEL panel DOES NOT EXIST
If this error message is displayed, use the SHOW FILEINFO command to
determine whether the panel description file exists in the panel library.