Scenario used as an example

As an example, this chapter uses a scenario from a macro recorded in a previous chapter, Recording and playing back a simple macro. This macro contains only two macro screens, Screen1 and Screen2.

The scenario begins at the point at which the macro runtime has performed all the actions in Screen1 and is ready to search for the next macro screen to be processed.

Screen1 is the macro screen that handles the ISPF Primary Option Menu (see The ISPF Primary Option Menu). Contents of macro screen Screen1 shows a conceptual view of the contents of Screen1:
Table 1. Contents of macro screen Screen1
XML element contained in <screen> element Screen1: Contents of XML element:
<description> Descriptors:
  • The input inhibited indicator is cleared (input is not inhibited).
<actions> Actions:
  1. Move the text cursor to row 4 and column 16.
  2. Type '3[enter]'.
<nextscreens> Names of macro screens that can validly occur after this macro screen:
  • Screen2
Screen2 is the macro screen that handles the Utility Selection Panel (see The Utility Selection Panel application screen). Contents of macro screen Screen2 shows a conceptual view of the contents of Screen2:
Table 2. Contents of macro screen Screen2
XML element contained in <screen> element Screen2: Contents of XML element:
<description> Descriptors:
  • The input inhibited indicator is cleared (input is not inhibited).
  • There are 80 fields.
  • There are 3 input fields.
<actions> Actions (the host application pre-positions the text cursor in the correct input field):
  1. Type '4[enter]'.
<nextscreens> Names of macro screens that can validly occur after this macro screen:
  • (None. This is the last macro screen in the macro.)