Specifying source print options

The Compare - Print Options (Page 1) Screen is displayed when you specify a Y in the Modify print defaults field on the Compare - Source Criteria screen. The Compare Source Print Options screen enables you to control your compare reports, what you want to view online, what to include in the reports, and what reports to print.

The values specified for the print options are saved in your user profile. Subsequent compare reports use the last values that were entered even if you do not return to this screen.

Source print options (Page 1)

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Primary-command-descriptions

Online report viewing options

Option

Description

Display interactive member summary screen

Specify Y (Yes) to display the interactive screen where you view the member list with a compare summary for each member and select member(s) to B (Browse), E (Edit), or X (Exclude) the compare results.

Important

The separate member name report (if requested) cannot be viewed from this summary screen. However, the interactive member summary screen displays a similar one-line summary of statistics for each member compared.

Specify N (No) to skip the member summary screen and directly browse the compare report(s).

Detail report print options

File-AID provides these detail report print options:

Option

Description

Print detail report

Y (Yes) includes the details specified on Source Criteria screen in the Compare Report.

Print member summary report

Y (Yes) prints a summary of differences by member.

Detail report style

Specify S (Standard) for standard report style or A (Across) for across (side-by-side) report style.

Modify detail report content

Specify Y (Yes) if you want to modify the detail report content or N (No) to skip modification

Print CHANGED members

Y (Yes) prints the changed members.

Print INSERTED members

Y (Yes) prints the inserted members.

Print DELETED members

Y (Yes) prints the deleted members.

Print MATCHED members

Y (Yes) prints the matched members.

Even if you suppress printing the CHANGED, INSERTED, DELETED, and MATCHED members, Compare always generates a Summary Report.

Member Name Report Print Options

Option

Description

Print member name report

Y (Yes) prints a list of the members processed and their status (changed, inserted, deleted, or matched).

Member name report columns

Specify the number of columns to use for the Member Name Report. Valid entries are 1-8.

Compare - Print Options (Page 1) Screen

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Steps:

  1. Type Y in the Display interactive member summary field.
  2. Type Y in the Print detail report field.
  3. Type Y in the Print member summary report field.
  4. Type S in the Detail report style field.
  5. Type Y in the Modify detail report content field.
  6. Type Y in the Print CHANGED members field.
  7. Type Y in the Print INSERTED members field.
  8. Type Y in the Print DELETED members field.
  9. Type N in the Print MATCHED members field.
  10. Type N in the Print member name report field.
  11. Press Enter. File-AID displays the Compare - Print Options (Page 2) Screen.

Source print options (Page 2)

Data Print Options:

Option

Description

Lines to print

Specify A (All) for all lines to print or C (Changed) for changed lines only to print.

Shifted data reporting

Specify M (Matched) to report shifted data as matched or C (Changed) to report shifted data as changed data.

Print new file excluded lines

Specify Y (Yes) if you want the excluded lines of the New file to print or N (No) to suppress printing of the excluded lines. This option is ignored if Lines To Print is set to ALL.

Print source context ID lines

Specify whether you want the source context ID lines to be printed or to suppress printing of source context ID lines. This option is ignored unless Lines To Print is set to ALL. Excluded context ID lines will not print on the detail report.

COBOL context ID lines are DIVISION lines, Section lines, 01 layout levels, and Paragraph names. PL/I context ID lines are DCL, DECLARE, and statement prefix labels.

Number of context lines to print

Specify the number (0-9) of context lines you want to be printed on the detail report. This option is ignored unless Lines To Print is set to ALL. Context Lines that are matched and non-excluded will print on the report based on the number entered. These lines will print before and after every change block. Context lines can include context ID lines.

Report Format Options

Option

Description

Status value for matched lines

Specify the status to be printed for matched lines:

M: (Matched) Prints the status <MAT> for each matched line.

B: (Blank) The status remains blank for each matched line.

Print old and new line numbers

Specify Y (Yes) to print both old and new line numbers or N (No) to suppress printing of both line numbers.

Across report style options

Option

Description

Print old file matched lines

Specify Y (Yes) if you want old file matched lines to be printed or N (No) to suppress print of old file matched lines.

Print old file excluded lines

Specify Y (Yes) if you want the excluded lines of the old file to print or N (No) to suppress printing of the excluded lines

Data width to report

Specify one of the following width options to print source compare data for the across report style:

N: (Normal) for a 133 character report. Normal prints 61 characters of data for old and new each. If “Print old and new line numbers” is set to Yes, then 55 characters of data are printed. Source data is truncated equally on the right for both old and new file which means that changed data past position 61 or 55 is not visible, but the line is still marked as changed.

W: (Wide) for a 183 character report. Prints 80 characters of data for old and new each.

Flag line options

Option

Description

Underline changes

Specify one of the following:

O: (Old) Underline changes in OLD record.

N: (New) Underline changes in NEW record.

B: (Both) Underline changes in both OLD and NEW record.

blank: (Neither) Do not underline changes in either the OLD or NEW file.

CHANGED data underline character

Specify the character to be used as the one that underlines the changed data.

Compare - Print Options (Page 2) Screen

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Steps:

  1. Type A in the Lines to print field.
  2. Type C in the Shifted data reporting field.
  3. Type Y in the Print new file excluded lines field.
  4. Type Y in the Print source context ID lines field.
  5. Type 0 in the Number of context lines to print field.
  6. Type M in the Status value for matched lines field.
  7. Type Y in the Print old and new line numbers field.
  8. Type N in the Print old file matched lines field.
  9. Type N in the Print old file excluded lines field.
  10. Type N in the Data width to report field.
  11. Type B in the Underline changes field.
  12. Type ~ in the CHANGED data underline character field.
  13. Press Enter. File-AID displays the Compare - Criteria Build Complete Screen.

 

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