Displaying and Deleting Database Elements › Browse Commands

Browse Commands

The Browse panel displays when you enter the BANNERS or PANELS command on the command line of the Display Selection panel.

The following descriptions define the commands that you can enter on the command line of the Browse panel.

Col

Displays column numbers at the top of a banner or online panel member.

Valid entries are as follows:

Col, ColS

Displays column numbers

Col OFF

Turns off the display of column numbers

Note: You can also use RESET to turn off column numbers.

DOWN

Scrolls down the distance that is defined by the scroll field.

FIND

Finds and displays the next instance of a character string in a member.

When a string is found, it is highlighted and the cursor is placed at the first character.

HEX

Displays data in a member in hexadecimal format underneath standard EBCDIC format.

Hexadecimal data is shown vertically; you can insert a dash separator to improve legibility.

HEX

Turns on hexadecimal format

HEX OFF

Turns off hexadecimal format

Example of hexadecimal data:

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ABCDEF - 0123456EBCDIC

CCCCCC464FFFFFFFCCCCCC

1234560000123456523493

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The first record of hexadecimal data contains the left digits of the two-digit hexadecimal representation of the EBCDIC characters.

The second record contains the right digits.

LEFT

Scrolls left a distance that is defined by the scroll field.

LOCATE

Goes to and displays a specific record or page in a member

Valid entries are LOCATE, LOC, and L.

Syntax: LOCATE parameter

Where parameter is one of the following values:

• An absolute record number (specify 0 to go to the top of a member and 999999 to go to the bottom of a member)
• A (signed) record number relative to the record at which the cursor is now located
• A previously assigned label

Examples:

LOC 450 Goes directly to record 450

LOC +20 Goes down 20 records

LOC .ERR Goes to a record labeled .ERR

RESET

Turns off the display of column numbers.

Valid entries are RESET and RES.

RFIND

Searches for the same text string you specified when you last issued the FIND command.

RIGHT

Scrolls right the distance that is specified by the scroll field.

UP

Scrolls up the distance that is specified by the scroll field.