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The Help Facility

The Help facility summarizes the steps required to perform FILE functions. Access the Help facility by pressing the PF1 key from any FILE screen. The following is the HELP screen that explains how to view a VSAM record.

               CA InterTest   INTERACTIVE HELP FACILITY              TUTORIAL: TO VIEW A VSAM RECORD                                                    1. Start the FILE session, and specify:  DATATYPE= FC                                                                                                                 2. Specify the file name by entering:    FILEID= name of file                                                                                                         3. Enter the following required fields:  FUNC= GET                                                                          RCID= record identification                                                                                                  4. Optionally enter one of the following values in the SRCHTYP or ARGTYP field:                SRCHTYP= FKEQ  or  FKGE   (with RCID= a full key     KSDS only )                   SRCHTYP= GKEQ  or  GKGE   (with RCID= a generic key  KSDS only )                   ARGTYP= RBA               (with RCID= the 4 byte RBA of the record)                ARGTYP= XRBA (with RCID= the 8 byte RBA of the record)                                                                     

     NOTE : The following are the defaults:  ARGTYP=KEY and SRCHTYP=FKEQ                                                                                               5. Press ENTER to display the record data with the following fields filled in:                                                                                                 SIZE= the number of bytes in the record (the size of the work area)                RETNRCID= the ID of the returned record.                         (end)                                                                                                                                                                         ENTER N FOR NEXT PAGE, P FOR PRECEDING PAGE, F FOR FIRST PAGE, OR                   M FOR RETURN TO PREVIOUS MENU. PRESS CLEAR TO EXIT.          SELECTION ==> M