bdfu1m1eUtilities

ZUDFM OAH-Help for ZUDFM OA Commands

Use this command to get help information about specified ZUDFM commands.

Requirements and Restrictions

Initialize the help database with the INIT parameter before using this command.

Format




Note:
You can use either the ZUDFM OAH, the ZUDFM HELP, or the ZUDFM ? command.

INIT
initalizes the help table. You must initialize the help table before using the ZUDFM OAH command.

REF
displays the segments used to build the help menu.

tradlinenum
is the number of the traditional ZUDFM command that you want to display information about. See Table 1 for a list of the traditional and standard commands.

tradcommand
is the traditional ZUDFM command, by name, that you want to display information about. See Table 1 for a list of the traditional and standard commands.

BUILD
initalizes the help table. You must initialize the help table before you use the ZUDFM HELP or ZUDFM ? command.

stdlinenum
is the number of the standard ZUDFM command that you want to display information about. See Table 1 for a list of the traditional and standard commands.

stdcommand
is the standard ZUDFM command, by name, that you want to display information about. See Table 1 for a list of the traditional and standard commands.

Additional Information

Examples

The following example displays all the ZUDFM OA commands that are available on your system. This display is the main index to the help table.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZUDFM OAH                                                               |
|                                                                                |
|System: UDFM0241I          SYSTEM HELP UTILITY -- OA                            |
|        ------------------------------------------------                        |
|                                                                                |
|        0001   OA*            TPFDB FILE DISPLAY                                |
|        0002   OA/            BASIC INITIALIZATION                              |
|        0003   OAA            ADD LREC TO FILE                                  |
|        0004   OAC            COPY/RESTORE FUNCTION                             |
|        0005   OAE            OA ENTRY RESTRICTION HANDLING                     |
|        0006   OAF            FILE CHAINING DISPLAY                             |
|        0007   OAH            HELP UTILITY FOR OA-PACKAGE                       |
|        0008   OAI            INITIALIZATION OF OA-WORKFILE                     |
|        0009   OAI/DBTAB      CENTRAL DESCRIPTOR MAINTENANCE                    |
|        0010   OAI/FILE       DSECT LABEL DISPLAY                               |
|        0011   OAINIT         INITIALIZE TRADIT AND TPFDB FILES                 |
|        0012   OAL            OA MODIFICATION LOG                               |
|        0013   OAP            COMPRESS CURRENT FILE                             |
|        0014   OAR            REPLACE EXISTING LREC                             |
|        0015   OAS            DISPLAY PARAM-/DATA-BLOCK IN SSTR                 |
|        0016   OAT            READ AND STORE MACRO LABEL SET                    |
|        0017   OAX            DELETE LREC                                       |
|        0018   OAZ            DISPLAY TOD-CLOCK CONVERSION                      |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The following example displays which modules were used to create the tables once the help database is initialized.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZUDFM OAHREF                                                            |
|                                                                                |
|System: UDFM0242I          HELP UTILITY - PROGRAM REFERENCES                    |
|        ----------------------------------------------------                    |
|                                                                                |
|        0001   OA*            UFCB                                              |
|        0002   OA/            UFCE                                              |
|        0003   OAA            UFCA                                              |
|        0004   OAC            UFCG                                              |
|        0005   OAE            UFCG                                              |
|        0006   OAF            UFCA                                              |
|        0007   OAH            UFCD                                              |
|        0008   OAI            UFCC                                              |
|        0009   OAI/DBTAB      UFCB                                              |
|        0010   OAI/FILE       UFCD                                              |
|        0011   OAINIT         UFCF                                              |
|        0012   OAL            UFCA                                              |
|        0013   OAP            UFCA                                              |
|        0014   OAR            UFCA                                              |
|        0015   OAS            UFCG                                              |
|        0016   OAT            UFCE                                              |
|        0017   OAX            UFCE                                              |
|        0018   OAZ            UFCD                                              |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The following example displays information about the specified line number.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZUDFM OAH11                                                             |
|                                                                                |
|System: UDFM0243I          TPFDF HELP FACILITY                                  |
|        O A - H E L P  -  OAINIT      INITIALIZE TRADIT AND TPFDB FILES         |
|        ---------------------------------------------------------------         |
|                                                                                |
|        DESCRIPTION:      INITIALIZATION OF TRADITIONAL AND TPFDB               |
|                          FILES                                                 |
|        RESTRICTION:      NOT ALLOWED DURING RECOUP OR ZCREC FILE UTI-          |
|                          LITY AND RESTRICTED ONLINE VIA OA-ENTRY TABLE         |
|        REFERENCE:        SEE UFB DOCUMENTATION                                 |
|        ENTRIES:                                                                |
|        OAINIT ID/..      INITIALIZE SPECIFIC ID                                |
|                          AND SPECIFIC FVN WITH ID/.. FVN/..                    |
|        OAINIT ID/..!BOR - EOR                                                  |
|                          INITIALIZE SPECIFIC ID FROM BOR TO EOR                |
|                          AND SPEC FVN WITH ID/.. FVN/..                        |
|        OAINIT ID/..!BOR - LAST                                                 |
|                          INITIALIZE SPECIFIC ID FROM BOR TO THE LAST           |
|                          ORDINAL AND SPECIFIC FVN WITH ID/.. FVN/..            |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The following example displays help information about the specified ZUDFM command. Depending on the command, you may get several help panels to browse.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User:   ZUDFM OAHOAR                                                            |
|                                                                                |
|System: UDFM0243I          TPFDF HELP FACILITY                                  |
|        O A - H E L P  -  OAR         REPLACE EXISTING LOGICAL RECORD           |
|        -------------------------------------------------------------           |
|                                                                                |
|        DESCRIPTION:      REPLACE LREC WITH A NEW ITEM SPECIFIED IN             |
|                          INPUT MESSAGE. THE SIZE OF THE NEW LREC IS            |
|                          AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTED AND DOES NOT HAVE TO           |
|                          BE SPECIFIED IN THE INPUT. A PREVIOUS OA*             |
|                          DISPLAY IS REQUIRED FOR SEQ-DISCREPANCY-              |
|                          CHECK. THE DELIMITER -!- IS USED TO SWITCH            |
|                          BETWEEN HEX AND CHAR INPUT.                           |
|        RESTRICTION:      NONE                                                  |
|        REFERENCE:        SEE UFB DOCUMENTATION                                 |
|                                                                                |
|        ENTRIES:                                                                |
|        OARN/XX!CCC!XX!C  REPLACE LREC NBR -N- BY SPECIFIED                     |
|                          ITEM. X-HEX/C-CHAR INPUT. N-DEC NBR 1-9999.           |
|        OARN/LBL-.../XX!C!XX/LBL-                                               |
|                          REPLACE 1 OR MORE FIELDS WITH LABELNAME ...           |
|                          IN EXISTING LREC N WITH GIVEN HEX/CHAR VALUE.         |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

References

See ZUDFM OAE-Restrict Table Handling for more information about the restriction table.