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Print Menu

The Print Menu offers a selection of the major print facilities and functions available in CA Ideal. There are four options available on the Print Menu.

• Options 1 and 4, PRINT OCCURRENCE and PRINT INDEX, display prompters.
• Options 2 and 3, PRINT OPTIONS and PRINT DESTINATIONS, perform the command immediately upon selection and do not display a prompter.

You can perform the same functions by entering the command in the command area as it is shown on the menu. For example, entering the command PRINT INDEX in the command area provides the same prompter as selecting option 4 from the menu.

You access the Print Menu by selecting option 7 of the Main Menu or issuing the PRINT command.

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IDEAL: PRINT MENU                                     SYS: DOC       MENU

Enter desired option number ===>       There are  4 options in this menu:

1. PRINT OCCURRENCE     Print specific entity occurrences
2. PRINT OPTIONS        Print current session options
3. PRINT DESTINATIONS   Print current print destinations
4. PRINT INDEX          Print specific entity occurrences

Print Commands

Use the following CA Ideal commands for printing. For more information, see the Command Reference Guide.

PRINT

Prints a specific program, panel, dataview, report, system, user, plan, member definition, or output, or the current entity.

PRINT SESSION OPTIONS

Prints the current value of every option, including those options defined in the signon procedure. (See the chapter “Setting Options,” for a complete description of session options.)

PRINT OUT DESTINATION

Prints a copy of all valid output destinations.

PRINT INDEX

Lists the name and status of each occurrence of the specified entity‑type. Optionally, the index can include occurrences of entity‑types that are related to a given entity‑type or occurrence (for example, each panel related to a given program). This display is based on Datadictionary relationships. In relating dataviews to systems or relating programs to systems, proper authorization is required.

PRINT PANEL

Generates an output of the current panel contents.