File Handling
Table of Contents
Index
Chapter 11: Editing Data Files
11.1 Overview
11.2 The Data File Editor Window
11.2.1 Left-Hand Pane
11.2.2 Right-Hand Pane
11.2.3 The Data File Toolbar
11.2.4 The Data File Status Bar
11.3 Configuring the Data File Editor
11.3.1 Switching Off Warning Prompts
11.3.2 Obtaining Back Ups
11.3.3 Opening Data Files as Read-Only
11.3.4 Editing in Insert or Overtype Mode
11.4 Creating a Data File
11.4.1 File and Record Formats
11.4.2 File Headers
11.4.3 IDXFORMAT(8) Data Files
11.4.4 Defining Keys for Indexed Files
11.5 Opening a Data File
11.5.1 File Headers
11.5.2 Identifying a File Type
11.5.3 Identifying a Record Length
11.6 Obtaining Information about a Data File
11.7 Navigating a Data File
11.7.1 Navigating Sequential Files
11.7.2 Navigating Non-Sequential Files
11.7.3 Changing the Key in an Indexed File
11.8 Editing a Data File
11.8.1 Editing Data in the Left-Hand Pane
11.8.2 Editing Data in the Right-Hand Pane
11.8.3 Initializing Data
11.8.4 Restoring Data
11.9 Adding and Deleting Records
11.9.1 Adding Records to a Sequential File
11.9.2 Adding Records to a Relative File
11.9.3 Adding Records to an Indexed File
11.9.4 Adding Records to a VSAM ES File
11.9.5 Deleting Records
11.10 Searching a Data File
11.11 Printing a Data File
11.11.1 Printing Records from the Left-Hand Pane
11.11.2 Printing Field Data from the Right-hand Pane