ISPF/PDF macros may contain entries that may be a command, an assignment statement or either. The column 'Type' indicates which way a particular macro command may be used; c = command only, a = assignment statement only, or c/a = either.
| Macro | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AUTOLIST | c/a | set or obtain current autolist mode |
| AUTONUM | c/a | set or obtain current autonum mode |
| AUTOSAVE | c/a | set or obtain current autosave mode |
| BLKSIZE | a | obtain blocksize of current data set |
| BOUNDS | c/a | set or obtain left and right boundary columns |
| BUILTIN | c | execute a built-in edit command |
| CANCEL | c | end an edit session without saving latest changes |
| CAPS | c/a | set or obtain current caps mode |
| CHANGE | c | search for a string and change it to another string |
| CHANGE_COUNTS | a | obtain number of changed strings |
| COPY | c | copy a PDS member or data set into current data |
| CREATE | c | create a new PDS member from the current data |
| CTL_LIBRARY | a | obtain LMF library lock status |
| CURSOR | c/a | set or obtain current cursor position |
| DATA_CHANGED | a | obtain current status of changed data |
| DATA_WIDTH | a | obtain logical data width |
| DATAID | a | obtain data ID for current data set |
| DATASET | a | obtain current data set name |
| DEFINE | c | define a session-only macro command, program or alias |
| DELETE | c | delete selected lines from current data set |
| DISPLAY_COLS | a | obtain column numbers of displayed data |
| DISPLAY_LINES | a | obtain top and bottom line numbers of displayed data |
| DOWN | c | scroll down a variable line amount |
| EDIT | c | invoke another edit session |
| END | c | end the current edit session, saving the data |
| EXCLUDE | c | exclude selected lines from the display |
| EXCLUDE_COUNTS | a | obtain line counts from last EXCLUDE command |
| FIND | a | find a search string in any or selected display lines |
| FIND_COUNTS | a | obtain line counts from last FIND command |
| FLOW_COUNTS | a | obtain line counts from last TFLOW command |
| HEX | c/a | set or obtain hexadecimal display mode |
| IMACRO | c/a | set or obtain the initial edit macro |
| INSERT | c | create one or more blank lines for new data |
| LABEL | c/a | set or obtain a line label |
| LEFT | c | scroll display data to the left |
| LEVEL | c/a | set or obtain library member modification level |
| LINE | a | set or obtain line data values |
| LINE_AFTER | a | add a specific-data line after indicated line |
| LINE_BEFORE | a | add a specific-data line before indicated line |
| LINENUM | a | obtain current line number of a given label |
| LOCATE | c | locate a specific data line |
| LRECL | a | obtain the logical record length |
| MACRO | c | identify a command as a macro |
| MACRO_LEVEL | a | obtain current macro nesting level |
| MASKLINE | a | set or obtain mask line value |
| MEMBER | a | obtain the current member name |
| MEND | c | end a batch macro in MVS/370 environment |
| MODEL | c | copy a development model into the current data |
| MOVE | c | move a library member into the current data |
| NONUMBER | c | turn off number mode of the current data |
| NOTES | c/a | set or obtain the current note mode |
| NULLS | c/a | set or obtain the current nulls mode |
| NUMBER | c/a | set or obtain the current number mode |
| PACK | c/a | set or obtain the current pack mode |
| PROCESS | c | process input line commands and changes |
| PROFILE | c/a | define, switch, lock, unlock and display edit profile |
| RANGE_CMD | a | identify an entered key command |
| RCHANGE | c | repeatedly process the most recent CHANGE request |
| RECFM | a | obtain the current data record format |
| RECOVERY | c/a | set or obtain the edit recovery mode |
| RENUM | c | turn on number mode and renumber all data lines |
| REPLACE | c | replace a data set member |
| RESET | c | reset the line command area |
| RFIND | c | repeat a find of a search string |
| RIGHT | c | scroll the data to the right |
| RMACRO | c/a | set or obtain current recovery macro name |
| SAVE | c | save the current data into a data set |
| SCAN | c/a | set or obtain the current scan mode setting |
| SEEK | c | seek a data string and place cursor on that line |
| SEEK_COUNTS | a | obtain counts from last SEEK command |
| SHIFT ( | c | shift all columns to the left |
| SHIFT ) | c | shift all columns to the right |
| SHIFT < | c | shift program statements to the left |
| SHIFT > | c | shift program statements to the right |
| SORT | c | sort data into a indicated order |
| STATS | c/a | set or obtain PDS member statistics |
| SUBMIT | c | submit data to run as a batch job |
| TABS | c/a | set or obtain the tabs mode and define tab character |
| TABSLINE | a | set or obtain the tabs line |
| TENTER | c | set text entry mode for multi-line "power typing" |
| TFLOW | c | text flow a paragraph to restructure fragmented pieces |
| TSPLIT | c | text split a line, moving some data to the next line |
| UNNUMBER | c | remove sequence numbers and set number mode off |
| UP | c | scroll up through the data a specified amount |
| USER_STATE | A | save and restore the user status of the edit display |
| VERSION | c/a | set or obtain the ISPF library member version number |
| XSTATUS | A | set or obtain a lines exclude status |
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