Prompts

Prompt

Description

 

 

 

File

Specifies the PFD definition file that

contains the

PFD definiti

 

want to list and work with.

 

 

 

 

Press F4 to go to a selection list of

PFD definition

files in t

 

library.

 

 

 

Library

Specifies

the

name

of the

library

that

contains

the

PFD

defi

 

containing

the

PFD

definitions

you

want

to work

with. The possible

 

library

values

in

this

field

are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*LIBL

To

specify

the

file

containing

the

PFD

definitions

you

w

 

 

work

with

is

in

one

of

the libraries

in

the

library

li

 

*CURLIB

To

 

specify

that

the

file

containing

the

PFD

definitions

 

 

 

 

want to work with is the current library. If no library

 

 

 

specified

as

the

current

library

for

the job,

library

 

 

 

used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

library-name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the name of the library that contains the fi

 

 

 

containing

 

the

PFD

definitions

you

want

to

work

with.

 

 

 

PFD definition

Specifies

that

you

want to work with all the PFD definitions

 

 

a

subset

of

the

PFD

definitions

in

the

file. Choose

from

the

f

 

PFD

definition

name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

a

PFD

definition

name

for

 

a

display

with

only

 

 

 

 

PFD

definition

name

in

the

list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

generic name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

a

partial

name

of

the

PFD

definition

name

qual

 

 

 

by an asterisk (*) to display a specific subset of PF

 

 

 

definitions. The

generic

 

name

is

the

following

format:

 

 

 

 

ABC*

 

 

Displays

a

list

 

of

 

all

PFD

definitions

that

 

begin

 

 

 

 

 

 

with

the

characters

ABC. For

example,

ABC,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABCD,

and

ABCTEST.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*ALL

 

To

 

display all

the

PFD

definitions

in

the

specified

file

 

Position to

This

prompt

is

used

for quick repositioning of the

list,

not

f

 

subset

of

 

the

list.

Choose

one

 

of

 

the

following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*TOP

 

To

 

go

to

the

top

of

the

list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*BOT

 

To

 

go

to

the

bottom

of

the list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

name

or

partial

 

name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

the

name

or

partial

name

 

you want

to

go

to

i

 

 

 

list. The

 

list

is

positioned

to

the

 

first

name

beginning

 

 

 

 

the

string

specified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AS/400 specifications

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