File-AID Compare (File-AID Eclipse User Guide)
In the past, when an application developer using wanted to compare dataset records using layouts or fields within a record, they were forced to switch to a mainframe ISPF session, start
, and invoke the Compare function. To avoid this need to go to the "green screen", some of the most frequently used features in
Compare have been added to File-AID/Eclipse, including the ability to:
- compare using the same layout
- compare an entire record
- compare at the field level (with or without a layout)
- compare files on different LPARs.
This support is available for sequential, VSAM (including ESDS, KSDS, RRDS, and LINEAR), and IAM files.
Getting Started with File-AID Compare
The topics in this section will help you get started using File-AID Compare.
To use File-AID Compare for mainframe files, you must define an HCI host connection and connect or Eclipse/RDz to a mainframe system. To define your connection, click Window > Preferences, then expand BMC > Host Connections and add an HCI host connection before continuing.
A host connection between the mainframe host and the BMC Plug-ins should have already been defined during the installation and configuration of the BMC Plug-ins. If you do not have host connection information (typically a port number and a host name), contact your system administrator to obtain specific connection configurations for your site for establishing Host Connections. (For system administrators, see the BMC-AMI-DevX-Workbench-for-Eclipse-Installation-Guide for additional information on installing and deploying the Plug-ins.)
This section provides information about the following topics: