What is the purpose of Panel Groups?

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What is the purpose of Panel Groups?..

Answer / david lex

Everyone is right, and everyone is wrong.

Panel groups are a part of IBM's UIM facility - User
Interface Manager.

So a panel group is a lot like a display file - a
collection of 'windows' or screens to display and interact
with data.

The difference is that instead of explicitly specifying
locations, indentation, colorization, etc - IBM's UIM
handles the majority of that.
The idea is to create a common user interface without all
the manual work involved in ensuring the same 'look and
feel'.

You can get explicit, yes.
And most people see PNLGRP's as help windows, yes.

But you can use them to create subfiles and other display
items as well.

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What is the purpose of Panel Groups?..

Answer / kcsyam

Panel Groups is an Object on AS/400 (*PNLGRP)
CRTPNLGRP = to create a panel group program
For Help screen using Panel Group
On AS/400 all help screens used Panel Group objects

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What is the purpose of Panel Groups?..

Answer / syam

A panel is a visual presentation of data on the screen. A
panel group is an object that contains a collection of
display formats, print formats, or help information.

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What is the purpose of Panel Groups?..

Answer / surendra y mudliar

For creating help panel for your application.

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