IBM SC41-5210-04 manual Sysdic, Nameaddr

7.You will name the file definition first, so select option 3 (File). (The name SYSDIC appears in the Data dictionary prompt on the following display; what you see on your display is the name of the data dictionary you just created, or the name of the data dictionary you last used. You may change the data dictionary.)

Select Definition Type

Type choices, press Enter.
Definition type	3	1=Field
		2=Record format
		3=File
Data dictionary	SYSDIC	Name, F4 for list

Then press the Enter key.

8.When you see the Work with File Definitions display, choose option 1 (Create) and name the new file definition. (We have used NAMEADDR as an example of a file definition name.)

Work with File Definitions

Dictionary. . . .	. . . :	SYSDIC
Position to . . .	. . . .	_____________ Starting characters
Type options (and	File Definition), press Enter.

1=Create	2=Change	3=Copy 4=Delete
6=Print	7=Rename	8=Display where used
File

Opt Definition

Then press the Enter key.

9.When you see the Create File Definition display, select option 2 (Create single format) and accept the system-supplied record format name (the system uses the file definition name and adds the letter R to the end). You can type brief descriptive information in the Text prompt, as we have. Do not specify anything in the Long comment prompt.

		Create File Definition
Definition. . . . . . . :		NAMEADDR	Dictionary. . . . . . : SYSDIC
Type choices, press Enter.
Record formats
option	. . . . . . .	2	1=Create and/or select formats
			2=Create default format
			and select fields
For choice 2=Create default format:
Format		default____	Name
Select key field
sequence		N	Y=Yes, N=No
Long comment		_	1=Select, 4=Remove

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Then press the Enter key.

10.You are now ready to create the field definitions that will be used by the record format definition you just named. Name the first field definition by typing LASTNAME in the Field prompt. Use the sequence number 10 that is already supplied on the display. Do not press the Enter key yet.

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