5.11.2 Select the Physical File

When the option to use the file maintenance utility has been selected from the housekeeping menu a screen similar to the example following will be presented:

SELFILE                   Select File to Work with                                                                                              Enter full or partial name of the file definition(s) to be worked       with or leave blank to select from all file definitions .  _________                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Fnn=Help  Fnn=Exit  Fnn=Cancel  Fnn=Messages

This screen requests the name of the PHYSICAL FILE to be maintained. This can be done in 3 different ways:

• In full. Enter the full name of the file required.

• Partially. Enter as much as desired of the partial name of the file. A search is made for all files which generically match the name specified and the resulting list is displayed.

• Leave blank. In this case a list of all files in the LANSA system is displayed from which the desired file(s) can be selected.

When a list of files is displayed a screen similar to the following example will be presented (which resulted from entering partial file name DEM):

 

SELFILE                   Select File to Work with           Enter full or partial name of the file definition(s) to be worked       with or leave blank to select from all file definitions . . DEM                                                                                   Sel  File         Library      Description                                   DEMDIVN      DC@DEMOLIB   Table of valid company divisions              DEMHEAD      DC@DEMOLIB   Demo Order Header File                        DEMLINE      DC@DEMOLIB   Demo Order Lines File                         DEMNAME      DC@DEMOLIB   Demo Names File                               DEMPROD      DC@DEMOLIB   Product master file                            Fnn=Help  Fnn=Exit  Fnn=Cancel  Fnn=Messages

Using the Select File to Work with display it is possible to:

• Alter the file name at the top right of the screen. The change can be to specify a full file name, a partial file name or a change to blanks. In all cases another search is made for the file required.

• Select the desired file from the list by entering any non-blank character beside the file in the column labeled 'Sel'.