Use the following CALL statement in your COBOL program:
call "PANELS" using panels-parameter-block
[text-buffer]
[attribute-buffer]
where the parameters are:
| panels-parameter-block | A level-01 item containing all the fields you define when you are working with Panels. The definitions for this group item are provided in the copyfile panlink.cpy which is supplied with this COBOL system. You never need to change panlink.cpy, instead, your program moves mnemonics to certain data items in panlink.cpy to specify what function Panels is to perform. |
| text-buffer | Contains text to be included in a panel, a name to associate with a panel, or a list of enabled panels. It must be defined in the Working-Storage Section of your program. |
| attribute-buffer | Contains attributes to be included in a panel. It must be defined in the Working-Storage section of your program. |
You must include panels-parameter-block in all calls to Panels. You include the text-buffer and attribute-buffer parameters in the CALL statement only if you are writing to, reading from, or scrolling a panel.