Release notes for SirPro V7.5

This document lists the changes that have been made for SirPro version S7.5. It requires Model 204 release 7.5 or higher.

Procedure Search screen (SEARCH)

Field changes

The searching capabilities have been enhanced to provide better impact analysis. The following fields has been changed or added.

Procedure name

Enter a procedure name or search mask. If a procedure name is entered and any matching procedures are found, a procedure list is presented.

Wildcard strings are valid in this field, using "*" as a substitution character for any number of characters in the procedure name. For example: *XYZ will find all procedure names ending in the string XYZ, and XYZ* will find all procedure names beginning with XYZ.

A space indicates "AND", so entering "PU END" would return only those procedures whose names contain both the character sets "PU" and "ND", so, PUNP-END or PUMPKIN.SPENDER.

The "or" bar indicates "OR", so "PU|ND" would find any procedures containing the strings "PU" or "ND". This might include "PUMP", "COLORPURPLE" and "NINTENDO".

Wildcards can be used in conjuntion with the AND/OR selections, so "PUPR*|SCPR*|MOPR*" would find all procedures starting with any of the above strings.

The routine currently has a bias in favor of "OR" selections, so a selection like "PUPR*|SCPR AND" won't work. It will return all procedures beginning with PUPR, then will attempt to add to the list any procedure with the characters "SCPR AND", which will find nothing, because of the embedded space. So do not combine AND and OR selections.

Search strings

The maximum length has bene increased to nn.

# of context lines

Numeric indicator (0 through 9) of number of lines of code to display before and after the line containing the search string.

# occurrences to find

The number (from 1 to 999) that specifies the number of occurrences within a procedure that will be displayed.

Hide SEQa/BASEs

SirLib users will see a prompt and entry area that allows the display or hiding of SEQ. and BASE. procedures, which are used in code management functions but are not intended to be edited directly. Enter "Y" to prevent this procedures from being displayed, and "N" to display them.

Ignore Comment Lines

If set to Y it will ignore any Soul formatted comment lines. If set to N all found lines will be included.

New Function Keys

PF5 - Toggle between case sensitive/insensitive

In Case Sensitive mode, a search for "html" would only find the lower-case version of that string. In Case-Insensitive mode the same search would find procedures containing either "html" or "HTML".

Procedure List screen (PL)

Field changes

Command Line

Most of the functions able to be performed on the Search screen may now be done as commands in the Command Line field. In addition commands can be strung together using the semicolon as a delimiter. For example to switch to a new field and display those procedures that have HELP in their name can be done as: FL SIRIUS;A HELP

Most commands have a full name and an abbreviation.

 BYTES/PAGES  Switch between showing the number of bytes a procedure
              contains or the number of table D pages the procedure holds.
              Defaults to BYTES.

 DISPLAY [x]  Changes the value of '# of context lines'.
 CODE [x]     With these commands you can alter the number of lines of
 SHOW [x]     code to be displayed beginning with the first of any found
 CL [x]       search string.  Obviously, if no search string was
              specified on the previous screen, this command has no
              effect.  Valid values for 'x' are 0 through 9. If there  
              is no 'x' specified,it will give a default value of 0 to  
              the '# of context lines'. 

 HAS/HA/H xxx Changes the selection to procedures containing the specified
              string 'xxx'. 'HAS $GETG' restricts procedures to those
              containing $GETG. HAS does not support wildcards, so a
              search for 'locate*' will look for the string 'locate*'.

 PROCS xxx    Changes the procedure name filter to 'xxx'.  Wildcarding
 A xxxx       is assumed and fully supported, so for instance, the
              command 'PROCS CADDIE' will find all procedures with
              the string 'CADDIE' in its name.  If specific wildcard
              characters are used, the search is done for the
              specified pattern, so 'PROCS I.*' restricts the display
              to procedures beginning with 'I.'
              
 AND xxx      Changes the procedure name filter bying combining 'xxx' with 
              the existing value with AND logic, applying 'distributive  
              law' if necessary. For instance, if the current value of the 
              procedure name filter is 'A|B', an 'AND C' command will 
              change it to 'A C|B C' by applying 'distributive law':  
              (A|B) C -> A C|B C.
              
 +AND xxx     Changes the procedure name filter bying combining 'xxx' with 
              the existing value with AND logic, but WITHOUT applying 
              'distributive law'. It just simply appends 'xxx' to the 
              existing procedure name filter. For instance, if the current
              value of the procedure name filter is 'A|B', an 'AND C' 
              command will change it to 'A|B C'.   
              
 OR xxx       Changes the procedure name filter bying combining 'xxx' with 
              the existing value with OR logic. For instance, if the 
              current value of the procedure name filter is 'A|B', an  
              'OR C' command will change it to 'A|B|C'.               
              
 FILE/FL xxx  Changes the file context using the existing privileges to 
              the file.
              
 FLP          Changes the file context with prompt for password.
 
 GROUP/GP xxx Changes the group context using the existing privileges to 
              the group.   
              
 GPP          Changes the group context with prompt for password.
 
 PASSWORD/PWD Reopens the current file or group with prompt for password.  
              It implies a switch of privileges associated with the 
              password to the current file or group.
              
 OCC [xxx]    Changes the value of '# of occurrences to find'. The valid  
              value for the optional 'xxx' is either a number between 1  
              and 999 or 'ALL'. If there is no 'xxx' specified, it will 
              give a default value of 1 to the '# of occurrences to find'.
              
 HS [x]       Changes the value of 'Hide SEQs/BASEs'. The valid value for   
              the optional 'x' is 'Y' or 'N'. If there is no 'x' 
              specified, it will give a default value of 'Y' to the 
              'Hide SEQs/BASEs'. 
              
 IC [x]       Changes the value of 'Ignore Comment lines'. The valid value    
              for the optional 'x' is 'Y' or 'N'. If there is no 'x' 
              specified, it will give a default value of 'Y' to the 
              'Igonre Comment lines'.
              
 CREATEPROC/  Creates a new procedure named 'xxx' in the current file/group    
 CREATE/      context. If there is no 'xxx' specified, an unnamed     
 CP [xxx]     procedure will be created.  

 LASTID/      Changes the value of 'Last Updater ID'.     
 LID [xxx]    The valid value for 'xxx' is a string not longer than 10, or      
              blank.               
              
 EXIT/QUIT/   Return to previous screen without processing any prefix
 END          commands.

Selection field

he following prefix commands are valid:

 B (Browse):  SirPro browse mode reads the procedure into a Sirius LIST
    data structure, which allows the user to scroll forward and backward
    and right and left within the procedure.  This command does not
    invoke an edit session.

 C (Copy):  Copies the procedure to another procedure.  Each procedure
    passes through a copy verfication screen that allows the user
    to specify the destination file and destination procedure name,
    and allows the user to edit the new procedure before it is saved.
    The user may also elect to keep the old date information in the
    new procedure.

 D (Delete):  All procedures selected for deletion are displayed on a
    verification screen.  If PF12 is pressed, all selected procedures
    are deleted at once.

 I (Include):  No SirPro error checking is done for INCLUDE.

 M (Move):  Same as copy command above, except the original procedure
    is deleted upon successful completion of the copy.

 P (Print):  All procedures selected for printing are displayed on a
    verification screen.  If PF12 is pressed, a print destination screen
    is presented allowing the user to route the print where desired.

 R (Rename):  A screen is presented which allows the user to specify
    the new procedure name.

 S or E  (Edit):  Invokes an edit session using the Model204 editor
    on the selected procedure(s).  PF11 controls whether the edit
    is performed in *UPPER or *LOWER mode.  If multiple edit sessions
    are requested, the next session is invoked immediately on exiting
    the current edit session.

 V (Variable analysis):  This command expands the selected procedure
    (that is, it includes all INCLUDE code), and then builds a list
    of %variables that are not declared.  This option is relatively
    slow for procedures over 5000 lines long.  All files that contain
    INCLUDED code for the selected procedure should be open prior to the
    V command being selected.  If any INCLUDED code cannot be accessed
    by SIRPRO, a warning message is posted showing the procedure and
    file name.

 # (Expand):  Invokes the SirPro Browse function but expands all INCLUDE
    statements to present a view of the fully expanded user language.

The following prefix commands generate "managed updates" for input to the Sirius Configuration and Change Control System (SirLib). If SirLib is not installed then these commands are not valid. Further information on managed updates and the Configuration Management system is in the SirLib User's Guide.

 Q (Sequence):  Generates a copy and a sequenced (SEQ.) copy of the
    procedure.  A panel is presented which allows specificaiton of
    the destination file(s), destination procedure name(s) and the name
    of the file from which existing changes are to be pre-applied.

 X (Xcompare):  Generate a change deck for the procedure.  A panel is
    presented allowing the user to specify the location and name of the
    sequenced copy for the XCOMPARE, and the destination of the change
    deck output, as well as the logical update name the change deck
    applies to.

    Xcompare can also be used, with the "Project" identifier commented
    out, to create a temporary change deck that can then be edited
    and applied back to the working procedure.

 N (New):  Same as "Xcompare", but used when the change deck is for a
    new procedure (that is, when there is no sequenced copy for
    Xcompare to work against).

 K (Klobber):  Same as "Xcompare", but used to create a change deck
    that does a logical delete of the procedure (that is, a managed
    update delete--one that can be "undeleted" by SirLib).

    Note that you should NOT check out the procedure before executing
    the "K" command against it.  You must run the "K" prefix command
    against the procedure from the original production copy of the
    procedure file.

 Z (ReSequence):  This special-purpose command generates a
    change deck for the selected procedure which rebuilds the sequence
    numbers for all working versions of the procedure generated after
    the "Z" execution.  This command need only be used after many
    change decks have effected the same section of code in the target
    procedure.  "Z" is rarely executed and may be protected in SIRLIB.

 U (Undo): May only be executed against a change deck.  This command
    performes the same operation as a Q, resulting in a "working"
    procedure and a sequenced copy of that procedure being created
    in the user's selected development procfile.  However, the U
    command specifically includes the change deck against which it is
    executed in the code for the working procedure, but NOT in the
    code from the sequenced copy.  In other words, it recreates
    the state of the development procedures that created the change
    deck against which the U command is executed.

    Typically, the U command is used to recreate the state of development
    when the programmer has accidentally deleted the procedures she
    was working on, either manually, or via the "Clean-up" switch on
    the Xcompare screen.

    The U command is a special-use feature, and there are a number
    of ways in which it will fail to work -- most notably, if the
    selected change deck is somewhere in the middle of a series of
    changes and, by excluding it from procedure creation, some code
    dependency is missing.  However, for its primary function --
    recovering from a mistake that was made very recently, typically
    as the most recent change to a procedure, it should always work.

 Y  This change-control prefix command provides a special check-out
    ability in which the user can "refresh" their local working copy
    of a procedure with changes that have been checked in by other
    programmers since the working copy was originally taken from
    the source procedure file.  "Y" is applied against the working
    procedure, a screen is presented, and the result is a new
    working procedure with all updates applied AND the user's current
    changes still in place, and a sequenced copy that has all updates
    applied, but the user's current changes not in place.

    In other words, the "Y" command is very much like a "Q" command,
    but it is done while changes are in progress, and it slips
    into place other changes that have occurred since the original
    procedure check-out.

SirFact users have access to a wealth of formatted debugging information stored in binary SirFact dump procedures. The "f" command placed in front of a properly formatted file will invoke the FACT apsy.

 F (SirFact): Transfer to the FACT apsy for formatted dump analysis
    of the SirFact output (only valid for sites that have a copy of
    SirFact).