Pathmaker Reference Manual

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F13-User-Supplied
Accesses and starts a requester that you have written and compiled outside of the
Pathmaker product.
This function lets you access other Tandem processes from within the Pathmaker
product. To use a user-supplied function, you must first write and compile the
requester and server that work outside of the Pathmaker product.
The requester can act as an interface to the processes you want to access from the
Pathmaker product; the server starts the processes requested by the requester. For
example, you could write a menu requester that allows you to start PS MAIL (6530).
A user-supplied requester must include a specific data structure in order to
communicate with the Pathmaker product.
Parameters passed between the user-supplied requester and the user-supplied server
are not controlled by the Pathmaker product.
Functions The following paragraphs summarize the functions available on the Pathmaker Main
Menu screen, including those functions that are not displayed on the screen.
F9-Value List
Depending on the cursor position, lists all existing table object names, requesters,
services, or servers. With the cursor at Simulation, F9 lists the requesters.
F14-Print Screen
Prints the Pathmaker Main Menu screen.
F15-Help
Shows online help for the item near the cursor—a data field, the function key list, or
the entire screen. To access help for the entire screen, place the cursor by the screen
title. When you are in help, use the NEXT PAGE, ROLL UP, PREV PAGE, and ROLL
DOWN keys to see more help text for the current Pathmaker screen.
SF13-Utility Menu
Accesses the Utility Menu screen, where you can enter DDL, EDIT, ENFORM, FUP,
PERUSE, SCUP, or SQLCI without leaving the Pathmaker full screen interface.
SF14-Recover Screen
Shows the screen as the Pathmaker product last showed it, undoing any typing that
you did since you last saved or showed the data on this screen. You can use this
function to recover the screen after a terminal error.
SF16-Exit
Leaves the Pathmaker product and returns to the command interpreter.