Standard Runtime Functions

The RM/Panels runtime system is an RM/COBOL-85 object program that must be available to and distributed with your application.

Note: In version 1.0 of RM/Panels, there was only one RM/Panels runtime system program, runpanel.cob. Version 1.1 introduced an additional runtime system program, rmputil.cob. Both of these programs must be distributed with applications written using RM/Panels version 1.1. In version 2.1 of RM/Panels, there is only one runtime system program, runpan2.cob.

The RM/Panels runtime system provides a powerful set of standard runtime functions that allows the application to manipulate panels. The following table gives the name and abbreviation of each RM/Panels standard runtime function.

Function	Abbreviation
ACCEPT FIELD	AF
CHANGE PANEL PALETTE	CPP
CHECK MENU OPTION	CMO
CLEAR ALL FIELDS	CAF
DISABLE ALL FIELDS	DA
DISABLE FIELD FOR INPUT	DFI
DISABLE MENU OPTION	DMO
DISPLAY ALL FIELDS	DAF
DISPLAY FIELD	DF
DISPLAY PANEL	DP
ENABLE ALL FIELDS	EA
ENABLE FIELD FOR INPUT	EFI
ENABLE MENU OPTION	EMO
EXECUTE EVENT	EE
INITIALIZE ALL FIELDS	IAF
INITIALIZE FIELD	IF
POPUP MENU	PUM
REMOVE PANEL	RP
SET FIELD ATTRIBUTE	SFA
SET SCROLL BAR RANGE	SSR
SHOW FIELD ERROR	SFE
SHOW FIELD HELP	SFH
SHOW PANEL ERROR	SPE
SHOW PANEL HELP	SPH
UNCHECK MENU OPTION	UMO
VALIDATE ALL FIELDS	VAF
VALIDATE FIELD	VF

Each standard runtime function is described in the following section. All parameters for RM/Panels standard runtime functions are defined in Appendix B, Standard, Utility, and Extended Runtime Functions and Parameters.