ISPF Panel Generator Control File XML Tags

XML Tag dialogAppls

Serves as Root element for the control file.

XML Tag overallAttr

The XML tag overallAttr summarizes conversion instructions that apply to all panels of the application.

Attribute	Description	Mandatory	Default
location	Fully qualified MVS dataset name where the panels are located.	No

XML Tag dialogAppl

Attribute	Description	Mandatory	Default
name	Name of the application	No
pgm	Program-Name: Name of the REXX or load module of the dialog application.	Yes
label	Label in the context menu of the Eclipse dialog	No	Program name
invocationForm	Usage form of the application; allowed values: "CMD" and "PGM"	Yes
location	Fully qualified MVS dataset name where the panels are located.	No
categories	Whether to generate categories for underlying panels of this application; permitted values = “true“, “false”.	No	True
multi_line_command	Whether lineCommands of underlying panels can be executed on multi selections; permitted values = “true“, “false”.	No	False
table_header	Whether the last line in the BODY section before the MODEL section is interpreted as column headers for the table in the Eclipse dialog; permitted values = “true”, “false”.	No	False
tooltip	Whether the text after an input/output field is interpreted as a tooltip for this input/output field or as own output field with static text; permitted values = “true”, “false”.	No	Yes

XML Tag include

The XML tag include must be placed after the tag replaceItem within a XML block (e.g. overallAttr, dialogAppl) respectively at the beginning of the XML block if the XML block doesn’t contain any replaceItem tag.

Attribute	Description	Mandatory	Default
location	Fully qualified name of an MVS file containing outsourced control instructions for the panel conversion, which should be considered during an actual conversion process.	Yes

XML Tag panel

Attribute	Description	Mandatory	Default
name	Member name of Panel source	Yes
title	Title in Eclipse Dialog Window	No	Member name
table	ISPF table name	Yes for display table panels
location	Location of the panel	Yes, if not set in an overlying tag
categories	Whether to generate categories for this panel; permitted values = “true“, “false”.	No	True
table_header	Whether the last line in the BODY section before the MODEL section is interpreted as column headers for the table in the Eclipse dialog; permitted values = “true”, “false”.	No	False
multi_line_command	Whether lineCommands of this panel can be executed on multi selections Overwrites the multi_line_command attribute from the overlying application; permitted values = “true“, “false”. Default = “false”	No	True
tooltip	Whether the text after an input/output field is interpreted as a tooltip for this input/output field or as own output field with static text; permitted values = “true”, “false”.	No	Yes

XML Tag replaceItem

The XML tag is used to replace specific text in the panels with other texts in the Eclipse dialog window. The tag can be specified across applications, application specific, or just panel based.

The XML tag replaceItem must be the first tag within an XML block (e.g. overallAttr, dialogAppl).

Attribute	Description	Mandatory	Default
source	Panel source code	Yes
target	Text with which the source code in the associated Eclipse dialog window should be replaced.	Yes

XML Tag lineCommand

Attribute	Description	Mandatory	Default
value	Value of line commands in Table Display-Panel (In this case, a Verify command must exist in the panel)	Yes
label	Label for the line command in the context-menu of the Eclipse Dialog-Window	False	Value of the line command
multi_line_command	Whether lineCommands of this panel can be executed on multi selections Overwrites the multi_line_command attribute from the overlying application Permitted values = “true“, “false”.	No	False
Default_command	Whether this line command should be executed on double click Only one line command can effectively be the default line command Permitted values = “true“, “false”. Default = “false”	No	False