Tutorials for File-AID functions

Tutorials are available for each function and option in File-AID to provide detailed information on the function and explain error conditions. Access tutorials by using the HELP primary command (PF1) from any File-AID screen, or by selecting option T on the File-AID Primary Option Menu.

Access the File-AID Tutorial Table of Contents screen, shown in Tutorial Table of Contents Screen, by selecting option T (Tutorial) from the File-AID Primary Option Menu. You can select a specific topic from the Tutorial Table of Contents screen, or read the tutorials sequentially.

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Accessing-File-AID-MVS

Product Overview

Select option 0 (zero) from the Tutorial Table of Contents screen and File-AID displays the General Information Tutorial, as shown in Tutorial General Information Screen. In addition, the File-AID tutorial contains an alphabetic index of topics. To access the index, type the letter I on any tutorial and press <Enter>.

Use the END primary command (PF3) to exit the tutorial and return to the File-AID screen from which help was requested. To return to the Tutorial Table of Contents screen, enter the letter T on any tutorial screen, and press <Enter>.

Tutorial Table of Contents Screen

File-AID --------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS --------------------- TUTORIAL
 OPTION ===>


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                      | File-AID TUTORIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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       You may select from the following tutorial topics or press Enter
       to view the first two topics in order. The remaining topics are
       presented only if explicitly selected:


       0 - General information about File-AID
       1 - File-AID Primary Option Menu


       2 - Change history for File-AID (what's new)
       3 - Help for using this tutorial
       4 - Message tutorial (system error codes)
       5 - Summary of File-AID commands
       I - Index of File-AID tutorial topics





Tutorial General Information Screen

File-AID ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION --------------------- TUTORIAL
 OPTION ===>


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                         |    GENERAL INFORMATION    |
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    Designed for applications and systems programmers, File-AID is an
    interactive, full-screen system for editing, browsing, defining,
    copying, reformatting, scanning, comparing, and printing VSAM,
    IAM(tm), PDS, PDSE, BDAM, and sequential files under TSO/ISPF.


 The following topics are presented in sequence, or may be selected by number:


    1 - Key features of File-AID    10 - Split screen mode
    2 - Invoking File-AID           11 - Terminating File-AID
    3 - Summary of options 0-C      12 - File-AID datasets
    4 - Screen formats              13 - Abnormal termination
    5 - Command entry               14 - Dataset security with File-AID
    6 - Command summary             15 - Audit trail feature
    7 - Program access (PA) keys    16 - Compression/encryption exit
    8 - Program function (PF) keys  17 - Double-byte character support
    9 - Scrolling

 

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