Specify Selection Criteria Information: (E = Existing T = Temporary Member name =INLAY1 (Blank or pattern for member list) Record layout usage =S (S = Single X = XREF N = None) Specify Record Layout and XREF Information: Volume serial =(If dataset is not cataloged) Member name =(Blank or pattern for member list) Type LEGAL on the command line for Copyright/Trade Secret Notice.įile aid Browse screen: File-AID - Browse - Dataset Specification -īrowse Mode =F (F=Fmt C=Char V=Vfmt U=Unfmt)ĭataset name or HFS path =''

Unpublished rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the United States. Online Technical Support available at: Ĭopyright (c) 1982 - 2009, by Compuware Corporation. X EXIT - Terminate File-AID and return to ISPF T TUTORIAL - Display information about File-AID File aid main screen: File-AID 9.2.0 - Primary Option Menu -Ġ PARAMETERS- Specify ISPF and File-AID parameters USERID - MG9908ġ BROWSE - Display file contents PF KEYS - 24Ģ EDIT - Create or change file contents TERMINAL - 3278ģ UTILITIES - File-AID/SPF extended utilities TIME - 19:58ĥ PRINT - Print file contents JULIAN - 11.209Ħ SELECTION - Create or change selection criteria DATE - 09/07/28ħ XREF - Create or change layout cross reference CCSID - 00037ĩ REFORMAT - Convert file from one format to anotherĬ CHANGES - Display summary of File-AID changes Here we will see some basic options of file aid with examples. For ex: we can browse a file by using its layout, the number of records in a file can be limited according to our requirement ( By using the selection criteria option). Fileaid makes it easy to browse/edit by providing the number of user friendly options. Here we are going to discuss about the file aid for files.įileaid is a very useful tool in the mainframes, it can be used to browse (PS, VSAM), EDIT the files basically. File aid is having two types one which is used for File operations and second one is used for DB2 (file aid for DB2).

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