Prompts

Prompt

Description

 

 

Library

Specifies the library that

contains PFD definition files you w

 

and work with. Choose from the

following:

library name

Specifies the name of the library that contains the PF definition files you want to work with.

*USRLIBL Only libraries in the user portion of the job's librar searched.

*LIBL All the libraries in the user and system portions of t library list are searched.

 

 

 

Note:

 

This

value

may

cause

a

long

response

 

time

until

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the

Work

with

PFD

Definition

Files

display

appears.

 

*CURLIB

Current

library

for

the job is searched. If

no

curr

 

 

 

exist

in

the

library

list,

QGPL

is

used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*ALLUSR

All

"user-defined"

 

libraries

are

searched. "User-define

 

 

 

libraries

include

 

library

QGPL,

but

exclude

all

other

li

 

 

 

with

names

that

 

begin

with

the

letter

"Q".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

This

value

may

cause

a

long

response

 

time

until

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the

Work

with

PFD

Definition

Files

display

appears.

 

*ALL

 

All

libraries

in

the

system,

including QSYS,

are

searched

 

 

 

Note:

 

This

value

may

cause

a

long

response

 

time

until

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the

Work

with

PFD

Definition

Files

display

appears.

File

Specifies

that

you

want

to

work

with

all

PFD

definition

files

in

 

or

a

subset

of

PFD

definition

files in

the

library. Choose

from

 

following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PFD

definition

file

 

name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

a PFD definition file name for a display wit

 

 

 

that

PFD

definition

 

name

 

in

the

list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

generic name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies a partial name of the PFD definition file nam

 

 

 

qualified

by

an

asterisk (*)

to

display

a

specific

s

 

 

 

PFD definition files. The generic name is the following

 

 

 

 

format:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABC*

 

 

 

Display

a

 

list

 

of

all

 

PFD

definition

files

that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

begin

with

the characters ABC. For example,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABC,

ABCD,

or

ABCTEST.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*ALL

 

Specifies *ALL to display all the PFD definitions in the

 

 

 

specified

library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

list. The

list

is

 

positioned

to

the

first

 

name

beginning

 

 

 

the

 

string

specified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AS/400 specifications

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