Exercise 1.1: Starting the 5250 application

You need a 5250 emulator on your workstation to start the order entry application.

To start the 5250 application:

  1. Start a 5250 emulation session.
  2. In the User ID field, type your user ID.
  3. In the Password field, type your password.
  4. On the command line of the 5250 screen, invoke the Order Entry Application: CALL ORDENTR

    The application starts and shows the first panel. This first screen prompts for a customer number. You have a choice of keying in the customer number directly or you can press command key F4 to display a list of existing customers.
    Order Entry application first panel

You have started a 5250 emulation session, invoked the order entry application and seen the customer selection screen and now you are ready to begin Exercise 1.2: Accessing the online help.