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Updating Text

The most common editing activity is to make changes to existing text. The following is a step-by-step example for this activity using the CA 7 text editor. In the example, the primary panel is the DB.7 panel, but the same steps apply to other panels, such as DB.4 and QM.5.

See the figure at the beginning of this section.

To update text, proceed as follows:

  1. Display the primary panel, in this case, DB.7.
  2. Type FE in the function field, and then enter the required fields to identify the source of the text to be edited, such as MEMBER and DSN or JCL-ID, and press Enter.
  3. Use the editor subcommands to make wanted changes to the text.
  4. Enter the SAVE or SR subcommand to retain the changes and return to the DB.7 panel. If SAVE is used to leave the editor, another function is required on the DB.7 panel to move the updated text to a permanent file. IF SR is used to leave the editor, the source file identified in Step 2 is updated. If the text updates are not to be saved, leave the editor using the EXIT subcommand.