Action Bar and Pull-Downs Summary
The following figures and tables provide a summary of all Action Bar items and Pull-Down menu choices for File-AID for Db2. For a general overview of the Action Bar, see Action Bar.
Edit Action Bar Items and Pull-Downs
These Action Bar items are available for the Edit and Browse panels:
- File
- Edit
- View
- Options
- Open
- Menu
- Utilities
- Help
The following figure shows the File-AID for Db2 Edit action bar.
Action Bar Example - Row Mode
Action Bar Example - Table Mode
File Pull-Down
The following figure shows the File pull-down menu.
File Pull-down
The following table lists the File pull-down choices with a short description.
File Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Save -- Edit Only | SAVE primary command. Not available in Browse mode. See SAVE for a detailed description. |
2. Printds... | PRINTDS primary command. Appends table data to a data set. See PRINTDS-PRTDS for a detailed description. |
3. Printp... | PRINTP primary command. Prints table data to a printer. See PRINTP-PRTP for a detailed description. |
4. Cancel -- Edit Only | CANCEL primary command. Not available in Browse mode. See CANCEL-CAN for a detailed description. |
5. End | END primary command. See END for a detailed description. |
6. Return | RETURN primary command. See RETURN for a detailed description. |
7. Exit File-AID for Db2 | Option X from the Primary Option Menu. It terminates your current File-AID for Db2 session. |
Edit Pull-Down
The following figure shows the Edit pull-down menu.
Edit Pull-down in Table Mode
The following table lists the Edit pull-down choices with a short description.
Edit Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Find... | FIND primary command. See FIND-F for a detailed description. |
2. Change... Edit Only | CHANGE primary command. Not available in Browse mode. See CHANGE-C for a detailed description. |
3. Rchange F6 Edit Only | RCHANGE primary command. Repeats the last CHANGE command. Not available in Browse mode. See RCHANGE for a detailed description. |
4. Rfind F5 | RFIND primary command. Repeats the last FIND command. See RFIND for a detailed description. |
5. Cut Edit Only | CUT primary command. Not available in row mode. See CUT-CU for a detailed description. |
6. Paste... Edit Only | PASTE primary command. Not available in row mode. See PASTE-PAS for a detailed description. |
7. Delete Edit Only | DELETE primary command. Not available in table mode. See DELETE-DEL for a detailed description. |
8. Insert Edit Only | INSERT primary command. Not available in table mode. See INSERT-INS for a detailed description. |
9. Repeat Edit Only | REPEAT primary command. Not available in table mode. See REPEAT-REP for a detailed description. |
View Pull-Down
The following figure shows the Edit pull-down menu.
View Pull-down in Row Mode
The following table lists the View pull-down choices with a short description.
View Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Row | ROW primary command. Switches display mode from table to row mode. See ROW for a detailed description. |
2. Rowh | ROWH primary command. Switches display mode from table to row mode in hexadecimal display. See ROWH for a detailed description. |
3. Table | TABLE primary command. Switches display mode from row to table mode. See TABLE-TAB for a detailed description. |
4. Hide... | HIDE primary command. Displays the Hide/Hold/Reset Command window so you can manipulate the column display on your screen. See HIDE for a detailed description. |
5. Hold... | HOLD primary command. Displays the Hide/Hold/Reset Command window so you can manipulate the column display on your screen. See HOLD for a detailed description. |
6. Locate... | LOCATE primary command. See LOCATE-L for a detailed description. |
7. Reset... | RESET primary command. Displays the Hide/Hold/Reset Command window so you can manipulate the column display on your screen. See RESET-RES for a detailed description. |
8. Flip | FLIP primary command. Not available in row mode. Changes the status of all rows in respect to exclusion. See FLIP for a detailed description. |
9. Sort... | SORT primary command. Sorts table rows by columns. See SORT for a detailed description. |
10. Jump | JUMP primary command. Moves cursor from window to window in a multiple table edit or browse session. Not available in single table session. See JUMP-J for a detailed description. |
11. Path | PATH primary command. Switches to the first window of the next related table path. Only available in related table sessions with more than 1 path open. See PATH for a detailed description. |
12. Max | MAX primary command. Enlarges a window to maximum screen size in a multiple table edit or browse session. Not available in single table session. See MAX for a detailed description. |
13. Min | MIN primary command. Reduces a window to minimum window size in a multiple table edit or browse session. Not available in single table session. See MIN for a detailed description. |
14. Graphic | GRAPHIC primary command. Displays a graph of the tables related to the current table in the edit or browse session. See GRAPHIC-GR for a detailed description. |
15. Zoom | ZOOM primary command. Examines data from a specific column in character format. Not available in row mode. See ZOOM for a detailed description. |
16. Zoomh | ZOOMH primary command. Examines data from a specific column in hexadecimal format. Not available in row mode. See ZOOMH for a detailed description. |
17. Hex | HEX primary command. Displays all data in hexadecimal format. Not available in table mode. See ZOOMH for a detailed description. |
Options Pull-Down
The following figure shows the Options pull-down menu.
Options Pull-Down
The following table lists the View pull-down choices with a short description.
Options Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Info | INFO primary command. Displays File-AID for Db2 system information. See INFO for a detailed description. |
2. Profile... | PROFILE primary command. Displays your current user profile defaults. See PROFILE-PRO for a detailed description. |
Open Pull-Down
The following figure shows the Open pull-down menu.
Open Pull-Down
The following table lists the View pull-down choices with a short description.
Open Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Browse... | BROWSE primary command. Initiates a multiple browse session. See BROWSE-BRO for a detailed description. |
2. Edit... | EDIT primary command. Initiates a multiple edit session. See EDIT-ED for a detailed description. |
3. Rbrowse... | RBROWSE primary command. Initiates a related browse session. See RBROWSE-RB for a detailed description. |
4. Redit... | REDIT primary command. Initiates a related edit session. See REDIT-RE for a detailed description. |
Menu Pull-Down
The following figure shows the Menu pull-down menu.
Menu Pull-Down
The following table lists the pull-down choices with a short description. See also Product Functions.
Menu Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Defaults and User Parms | Option 0 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the User-Parms-Menu. See "User Parms" on here for a detailed description. |
2. Browse | Option 1 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the Browse Options Menu to start a browse session. See Starting-a-Browse-or-Edit-Session for a detailed description. |
3. Edit | Option 2 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the Edit Options Menu to start an edit session. See Starting-a-Browse-or-Edit-Session for a detailed description. |
4. Utilities | Option 3 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the Utility Selection Menu. See Utilities for a detailed description. |
5. SQL Analysis | Option 4 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the SQL Analysis and Development Menu. See Accessing-the-SQL-Analysis-function for a detailed description. |
6. Print | Option 5 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the Print Menu. See Print-Menu for a detailed description. |
7. Relationships | Option 6 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the Relationships Options Menu. See Relationship-Facilitator for a detailed description. |
8. Disguise | Option 7 of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the Data Disguise Menu. See Data-Disguise-function for a detailed description. |
9. File-AID/RDX | Option R of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the File-AID/Related Data XPERT. See File-AID/Related Data XPERT for a detailed description. |
10. Xpediter | Option XT of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the Xpediter for DB2 Extension. See Xpediter for DB2 Extension for a detailed description. |
11. Tutorial | Option T of the Primary Options Menu. Transfers to the File-AID for Db2 Tutorial System. See Tutorials for a detailed description. |
Utilities Pull-Down
The following figure shows the Utilities pull-down menu.
Utilities Pull-Down
The following table lists the pull-down choices with a short description. See also Utilities.
Table 42. Utilities Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Objects | Option 2 of the Utility Selection Menu. Transfers to the Objects-Create-Model-Drop-Alter where you can create, alter or drop Db2 objects. See Objects-Create-Model-Drop-Alter for a detailed description. |
2. Copy | Option 3 of the Utility Selection Menu. Transfers to the Table-Copy-Selection where you can copy rows between Db2 tables. See Copy-Utility-function for a detailed description. |
3. Object list | Option 4 of the Utility Selection Menu. Transfers to the Access-Object-List-Utility where you can list Db2 objects. See Object-List-Utility-function for a detailed description. |
4. SQL Mgr | Option 5 of the Utility Selection Menu. Enters the SQL Command Manager Utility. See SQL-Command-Manager-Utility-function for a detailed description. |
5. Privileges | Option 6 of the Utility Selection Menu. Enters the Privileges Utility. See Privileges-Utility-function for a detailed description. |
6. Extract,Load | Option 7 of the Utility Selection Menu. Enters the Extract and Load Utility. See Extract-and-Load-Utility-function for a detailed description. |
7. Impact Analysis | Option 8 of the Utility Selection Menu. Enters the Impact Analysis Utility. See Impact-Analysis-Utility-function for a detailed description. |
8. Batch Facility | Option 9 of the Utility Selection Menu. Enters the Batch Facility. See Batch-Facility-function for a detailed description. |
Help Pull-Down
The following figure shows the Help pull-down menu.
Help Pull-Down Menu
The following table lists the pull-down choices for the Help action bar item with a short description.
Help Pull-Down
Menu Choices | Description |
|---|---|
1. Help for this panel | Displays the tutorial for the current panel. Same as pressing HELP. See also Tutorials. |
2. Table of Contents | Starts the File-AID for Db2 tutorial with the Table of Contents. See also Tutorials. |
3. Index | Starts the File-AID for Db2 tutorial with the Tutorial Index. See also Tutorials. |
4. About | Invokes the File-AID for Db2 informational window. |
Objects Utility Action Bar Items and Pull-Downs
These Action Bar items are available for the Objects Utility panels:
- Menu
- Utilities
- Help
The following figure shows the File-AID for Db2 Object List action bar.
Object List Action Bar Example - Tables Option
The Menu, Utilities, and Help pull-downs are identical to the ones for the Edit and Browse panels. See Menu Pull-Down, Utilities Pull-Down, and Help Pull-Down.
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