EXPERT form

After processing of the LOGON command, user guidance is preset to the EXPERT form, provided no other specification was made in the global information of the activated syntax files. If the user is in a different dialog mode, he may switch to the EXPERT form by entering MODIFY-SDF-OPTIONS GUIDANCE=*EXPERT.

SDF displays “/” to request command input (or “//” to request statement input). In the event of an error, error messages are displayed but SDF does not initiate a correction dialog. Redisplaying the input via RESTORE-SDF-INPUT is possible, as is temporarily switching over to guided dialog to repeat the input (see "Input in temporarily guided dialog ").