SirPro procedure-list selection

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Procedure-level commands are accessed through Option 1 on the SirPro main menu. SirPro displays a screen that allows selection of a procedure file and criteria for specifying the procedure(s) to be displayed.

Procedure file selection screen

Using the procedure file selection screen

Supply values in the fields shown, as described below:

Context Valid input values are File, GROUP, TEMP GROUP, PERM GROUP, andblank. SirPro attempts to open only in the specified context. If a blank is input, SirPro searches for an entity (using the value specified in File/Group Name) in the default Model 204 search order, that is, it looks for a TEMP GROUP, then a PERM GROUP, and then a FILE.
File/Group Name The name of a procedure file or file group. If a file, the file must be allocated to the Online Model 204 region.

To display a list of all available files, enter a question mark (?), or leave this field blank. When you press the Enter key, RKTools shows a list of all available files. You select a file from this list by typing S in the selection column to the left of the desired file. The Password field, below, lets you open a file from this screen.

If your site's METADATA is not populated, this screen is not displayed.

Password The password for the file or group, if needed.
Procedure Name The name of the procedure to be edited. To display a list of all procedures for a given file, enter a question mark (?) in this field, or leave it blank.

To display a partial list of procedures, use the asterisk (*) wild card character, for example: *XYZ, XYZ*, or *XYZ*.

If a single procedure name is specified, a Model 204 edit session is immediately invoked on the procedure. If the procedure name field is left blank, or if a wild card selection was entered, a list of procedures is presented (described in next section).

Last Updater ID Optional entry that will narrow the set of procedures from a selected file to only those that were last updated by the specified account (user ID). The asterisk (*) wild card character is also supported in this field.
Search Strings As many as five optional search strings may be entered in these fields. The procedures that match the other selection criteria (file, procedure wild card, and account) are scanned, and only those that contain any of the requested string(s) appear on the list of procedure names. If there are more than 100 procedures to be scanned, you are warned about the possibility of a long search.

To override this warning, press the PF12 key when prompted by the warning message.

The string search is done in mixed case if you are currently in *LOWER mode, and it is done in uppercase if you are currently in *UPPER mode. Case mode can be determined by the setting of the "Switch" PF key at the bottom of the screen. (If the user is in *LOWER mode, Switch to *UPPER is shown as the PF key prompt).

The Search Strings fields do not strip blanks before searching. SirPro will distinguish between all of the following searches:

'%X=$GETG('SNOPES')' '%X = $GETG('SNOPES')' '%X=$GETG('SNOPES') '

Judicious use of the Erase-EOF key should prevent confusion when trailing blanks might be present.

Function keys for this panel are:

F1 for help
F3 to quit to the SirPro main menu
F11 to toggle between *LOWER (mixed case edit) and *UPPER case mode

When the Enter key is pressed SirPro either invokes an Edit session on the selected procedure, or passes the user to a list of procedures for further selection.

The command line at the top of the screen allows fastpath transfer to other RKTools options, and it allows CLOSE xxxx commands to close the specified file or group.

See also

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