ABAR is a small edit program macro that toggles action bars on and off in the ISPF editor. It works on the supplied ISPF edit panels for option 2 and SCLM. Version 4 of ISPF added action bars, but if you don't use them they just take up space on your screen. Action bars can be removed site wide by way of the ISPF configuration table. ABAR allows individual users to turn them on or off by simulating the settings that would be made to the configuration table.
This function is superceded by ISPF's built-in EDSET editor command.
ABAR as a TSO XMIT format load module.
To get the program using Netscape or Internet Explorer, select the link above with the right mouse button and select 'Save Link As...' or Save Target as...'.
See the installation instructions below for more information.
To toggle action bars in the ISPF editor.
Type
!ABAR
on an edit command line to add or remove action bars.
Action bars in the editor are added or removed.
- Copy abar.xmi to your PC in BINARY format
- Upload the file in BINARY to a FIXED 80 SEQUENTIAL file named ABAR.XMI
- On TSO, type RECEIVE INDA(ABAR.XMI) and at the prompt respond DA(ABAR.LOAD)
- Copy ABAR.LOAD to any accessible load module data set (STEPLIB, LINKLIB, ISPLLIB, LPA, etc)
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