Use prompt control

You can control which parameters are displayed for a command during prompting by using prompt control specifications.

This control can simplify prompting for a command by displaying only the parameters that you want to see.

You can specify that a parameter be displayed depending on the value specified for other parameters. This specification is useful when a parameter has meaning only when another parameter (called a controlling parameter) has a certain value.

You can also specify that a parameter be selected for prompting only if additional parameters are requested by pressing a function key during prompting. This specification can be used for parameters that are seldom specified by the user, either because the default is normally used or because they control seldom-used functions.

If you want to show all parameters for a command that has prompt control specified, you can request that all parameters be displayed by pressing F9 during prompting.

Related concepts
Command delimiters
Command definition parts
Related reference
Command definition statements