If the Release 8 Option Menu shows too many options, or does not show some options that you would like users to see, see Problem C09 for ways to modify the optons users see.

IOF release 7 is shipped with 5 option menu panels:

• OPTOPT - The default option menu
• OPTUS1 - User option menu 1. Several options are not displayed on the menu but all commands are valid.
• OPTUS2 - User option menu 2. The appearance of this menu is identical to OPTUS1, but several of the commands have also been removed.
• OPTUS3 - Identical to OPTOPT. This panel can be used as a pattern for customer use. Options can be removed as desired.
• OPTSDS - An SDSF compatability option menu.

The panel parm can be overriden by setting a profile variable and re-entering IOF. Enter the command:

     SETPVAR GRPPANEL OPTnnnn

To delete the profile variable and revert to the default option menu, enter the command:

    DELPVAR  GRPPANEL

The panels OPTUS1 and OPTUS2 are shown below. The panels are identical in appearance. The "INIT" , "PR", and several other options that are not displayed on either of these panels. But the commands may be valid commands on OPTUS1. OPTUS1 will attempt to execute the commands, and may get a "REFUSED" error.

OPTUS2 always gives "COMMAND" error to these commands . Entering "HELP" (PF1) displays the long error message "Invalid command entered in primary input area".

 ----------------------------- IOF User Option Menu --------------------
 COMMAND ===>

Select an option.  To get a detailed option menu, follow the option with "?".

 blank - Your jobs       G   - Output groups           QT   - Quick Trainer
   I   - Input jobs      J   - All jobs menu           MAIL - Your mail
   R   - Running jobs    H   - Jobs with held output   NEW  - New functions
   O   - Output jobs     P   - Profile                 HELP - Online help

 JOBNAMES ===>
                       Enter 1 to 8 generic jobnames above

 SCOPE    ===>            ALL, ME or another user's USERID
                       Press HELP to see all valid SCOPE values

 DEST     ===>
                       Enter 1 to 8 destinations above

 SORT     ===> INVNULL    Press HELP to see all valid SORT  values

You can modify any of the options panels to meet local requirements. The IOF SOURCE library contains the panels in members OPTOPT, OPTUS1, OPTUS2, OPTUS3, and OPTSDS.

To tailor a panel, edit the appropriate SOURCE member. Changing the appearance of the panel is easy, especially if you only want to remove items from the panel. Make the appropriate changes to the panel and save the modified member.

To assemble the modified option panel:

• Submit the M70ASM# job in the IOF INSTALL library if you have not previously done so. M70ASM# builds 19 additional INSTALL jobs.
• Edit the M87PANOP member of the IOF INSTALL library. M87PANOP is built by M70ASM#.
• Find the assembly step for the option panel that was modified. Remove the "*" from column 3.
• Submit the modified M87PANOP job to assemble the appropriate option panel.
• CANCEL the edit session so that the changes to M87PANOP are not saved.
• After M87PANOP runs successfully, submit the M77NEWPN job from the IOF INSTALL library. M77NEWPN was built by the M70ASM# job.
• Refresh LLA after M77NEWPN runs successfully.

The modified panel is then available for use. Specify the panel name in the PANEL parm of one or more IOF GROUP macros in the B23ALLOW option. Submit the M18NEWOP job from the IOF INSTALL library to run an abbreviated IOF generation. Refresh LLA after M18NEWOP runs successfully.