Press F1 for Online help. The help information provided is context-sensitive
and depends on the task being performed at the time, and the current position
of the cursor.
If the cursor is on a part of a panel or secondary window, the help gives
general information about the tasks that can be performed at this point in
the ISPF dialog interface. If a message is displayed, press F1 to obtain help
for that message. For additional help on the panel or secondary window, press
F2 from the message help.
Help is also displayed on the menu bar of these panels:
- "CICS® VR
main menu"
- "CICS VR
VSAM sphere list"
- "CICS VR
log of logs list"
- "CICS VR
log streams list"
- "CICS Backout
Failed sphere list"
- "CICS VR Settings"
In the help pull-down menu, the choices are as follows:
- Using help
- Tells you how to use CICS VR online help.
- General help
- Provides general information about the panel and the tasks that you can
perform on the panel.
- Index
- Contains a list of available help information, in alphabetical order.
- Keys help
- Displays a list of function key assignments for a panel.
- Command help
- Displays a list of available CICS VR line commands.
- Product information
- Provides product copyright information.
For a detailed example, see
Using the VSAM sphere list Help pull-down menu.