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==FILEMGMT screens== | ==FILEMGMT screens== | ||
<p>Like all Dictionary/204 facilities, FILEMGMT provides a series of screens that let you select functions, view stored information, and enter new information. Specifically, FILEMGMT screens:</p> | <p> | ||
Like all Dictionary/204 facilities, FILEMGMT provides a series of screens that let you select functions, view stored information, and enter new information. Specifically, FILEMGMT screens:</p> | |||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Prompt for information such as file options and parameters. Defaults are provided, so that you need enter only the information that differs from the defaults.</li> | <li>Prompt for information such as file options and parameters. Defaults are provided, so that you need enter only the information that differs from the defaults.</li> | ||
<li>Enable you to select a function from the screen or proceed to another screen using one of the following methods:</li> | <li>Enable you to select a function from the screen or proceed to another screen using one of the following methods:</li> | ||
<li>Press a PF key</li> | |||
<li>Enter a command at the prompt (===>) on the screen's command line. | <li>Press a PF key.</li> | ||
<p>You can press Enter on any screen; the screen is redisplayed with the changes you specified. To update the dictionary, however, you must use a PF key or enter a command. </p> | |||
</li> | <li>Enter a command at the prompt (<b>===></b>) on the screen's command line. | ||
<li>Enable you to invoke HELP text for the screen. To invoke | <p> | ||
<li>Flag error conditions and display error messages. FILEMGMT identifies errors in your entries by a less than ( | You can press Enter on any screen; the screen is redisplayed with the changes you specified. To update the dictionary, however, you must use a PF key or enter a command. </p></li> | ||
<li>Provide a menu from which you make your selection for a file management function. This menu is referred to in this | |||
<li>Enable you to invoke HELP text for the screen. To invoke Help text, press the F1 key or type <code>HELp</code> on the command line. </li> | |||
<li>Flag error conditions and display error messages. FILEMGMT identifies errors in your entries by a less than (<tt><</tt>) sign in the right margin. Press Enter to view the messages associated with these errors. If you have only one error, the error message is displayed on the screen's message line below the command line. </li> | |||
<li>Provide a menu from which you make your selection for a file management function. This menu is referred to in this topic as the <b>primary screen</b>. </li> | |||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
===Warning messages=== | ===Warning messages=== | ||
<p>FILEMGMT might generate warning messages when you store dictionary data. Warning messages are informational messages. They indicate potential user errors, although the errors usually do not cancel Dictionary/204 processing.</p> | <p> | ||
<p>When you see a warning message, you can make corrections or just proceed:</p> | FILEMGMT might generate warning messages when you store dictionary data. Warning messages are informational messages. They indicate potential user errors, although the errors usually do not cancel Dictionary/204 processing.</p> | ||
<p> | |||
When you see a warning message, you can make corrections or just proceed with either of the following:</p> | |||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li> | <li>Supply a missing value or otherwise correct the error before you reissue the command.</li> | ||
<li> | |||
<li>Press the appropriate PF key again to continue processing despite a potential error.</li> | |||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
===Widen screen=== | ===Widen screen=== | ||
<p>FILEMGMT provides a Widen screen, which enables you to enter or display names that do not fit on other FILEMGMT screens. The names might belong to:</p> | <p> | ||
FILEMGMT provides a Widen screen, which enables you to enter or display names that do not fit on other FILEMGMT screens. The names might belong to:</p> | |||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Fields, including sort keys, hash keys, record security keys, and record identifying fields</li> | <li>Fields, including sort keys, hash keys, record security keys, and record identifying fields</li> | ||
<li>Records or record types</li> | <li>Records or record types</li> | ||
<li>Field groups </li> | <li>Field groups </li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<p>The names have a maximum length of 70 characters.</p> | <p> | ||
The names have a maximum length of 70 characters.</p> | |||
====Widening the screen==== | ====Widening the screen==== | ||
<p>To use the Widen screen from any of the FILEMGMT screens that support the WIDen command:</p> | <p> | ||
To use the Widen screen from any of the FILEMGMT screens that support the <b>WIDen</b> command:</p> | |||
<ol> | <ol> | ||
<li>Position the cursor on the name you want to widen.</li> | <li>Position the cursor on the name you want to widen.</li> | ||
<li>Press | <li>Press F5. FILEMGMT displays the Widen screen.</li> | ||
<li>Type additional characters for the entry if you choose.</li> | <li>Type additional characters for the entry if you choose.</li> | ||
<li>Press | |||
<li>Press F12 to enter the new name and return to the previous screen. </li> | |||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
<p>The record name is displayed in its truncated form on the Record Name List screen. To view the complete record name, request the Widen screen again.</p> | <p> | ||
<p>If using the WIDen command to view an entry-protected name or value that you cannot alter, press | The record name is displayed in its truncated form on the Record Name List screen. To view the complete record name, request the Widen screen again.</p> | ||
<p> | |||
If using the <b>WIDen</b> command to view an entry-protected name or value that you cannot alter, press F3 (QUIt) to return to the previous screen.</p> | |||
[[Category:File management]] | [[Category:File management]] | ||
[[Category:FILEMGMT application subsystem]] | [[Category:FILEMGMT application subsystem]] | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 26 March 2014
FILEMGMT screens
Like all Dictionary/204 facilities, FILEMGMT provides a series of screens that let you select functions, view stored information, and enter new information. Specifically, FILEMGMT screens:
- Prompt for information such as file options and parameters. Defaults are provided, so that you need enter only the information that differs from the defaults.
- Enable you to select a function from the screen or proceed to another screen using one of the following methods:
- Press a PF key.
- Enter a command at the prompt (===>) on the screen's command line.
You can press Enter on any screen; the screen is redisplayed with the changes you specified. To update the dictionary, however, you must use a PF key or enter a command.
- Enable you to invoke HELP text for the screen. To invoke Help text, press the F1 key or type
HELpon the command line. - Flag error conditions and display error messages. FILEMGMT identifies errors in your entries by a less than (<) sign in the right margin. Press Enter to view the messages associated with these errors. If you have only one error, the error message is displayed on the screen's message line below the command line.
- Provide a menu from which you make your selection for a file management function. This menu is referred to in this topic as the primary screen.
Warning messages
FILEMGMT might generate warning messages when you store dictionary data. Warning messages are informational messages. They indicate potential user errors, although the errors usually do not cancel Dictionary/204 processing.
When you see a warning message, you can make corrections or just proceed with either of the following:
- Supply a missing value or otherwise correct the error before you reissue the command.
- Press the appropriate PF key again to continue processing despite a potential error.
Widen screen
FILEMGMT provides a Widen screen, which enables you to enter or display names that do not fit on other FILEMGMT screens. The names might belong to:
- Fields, including sort keys, hash keys, record security keys, and record identifying fields
- Records or record types
- Field groups
The names have a maximum length of 70 characters.
Widening the screen
To use the Widen screen from any of the FILEMGMT screens that support the WIDen command:
- Position the cursor on the name you want to widen.
- Press F5. FILEMGMT displays the Widen screen.
- Type additional characters for the entry if you choose.
- Press F12 to enter the new name and return to the previous screen.
The record name is displayed in its truncated form on the Record Name List screen. To view the complete record name, request the Widen screen again.
If using the WIDen command to view an entry-protected name or value that you cannot alter, press F3 (QUIt) to return to the previous screen.