Summary
Important Observations
- Special field handlers can do F4 type prompting very easily. The results usually look better, work faster, and place less load on your 5250 server.
- Special field handlers can do a lot more than F4 prompting because they allow you to attach behaviors to fields on your 5250 forms in many ways and at many levels.
- Application tracing is the tool you should use to debug handler issues
- If you write down a list of all the "key" and "code" fields in your 5250 application and use a judicious field naming standard, you can automatically attach a prompting capability to all your 5250 screens.
- Also see Advanced Prompting.
What You Should Know
- How to use special field handling to add value to your 5250 application