This is WAD. ISPF normally keeps a copy of each panel as it reads it, and uses that copy the next time it's invoked, I suppose to save time. There's supposed to be an option you can invoke, when you're developing panels, that'll read the member afresh each time it's needed, but I never got around to learning it. You don't have to log off all the way, just exit ISPF and go back in, which is what I normally do. That is, go back to the READY prompt, then type ISPF from there to return to the PDF menu. Still a pain, but not nearly as much of one.
There are shops that automatically log a user off upon exiting ISPF, so you never see the READY prompt. If you're at one of those installations, you can probably get someone to modify the logon proc to add you to the list of exceptions (there are always exceptions, sysprogs at the very least) so that you won't be logged off as you leave ISPF. That requires one extra LOGOFF command to leave TSO, but I'm an old user and prefer having the option. If I wrote in ISPF more often, no doubt I'd finally force myself to learn about that method of reloading the panel every time. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* re-cur-sive (ri: 'kr sIv), from "re-" + Lat. "cursire" (to say "Oh, hell, not AGAIN!"): See "recursive". */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 02:14 I was told to develop an ISPF application. It's been a long time since I did this, so I'm having some issues. Whenever I change a panel definition, I have to logoff and logon for the updated definition to show. Is there a way to have ISPF use the updated definition without logging off and on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
