Defining the formatted XREF criteria

The selected ORDERPO layout is displayed in formatted mode. As described earlier, the ORDERPO layout defines all records with ORDER-TYPE equal to "PO".

Formatted XREF Definition - ORDERPO - ORDER-LINE-DATA-PO

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Showing Field Offsets with the SHOW OFFSET Command

Before you specify the condition, notice that all standard File-AID formatted mode commands are available including the SHOW and DISPLAY commands. You now use the SHOW OFFSET command to set the display to show the offset of each field so that you can see the location of the ORDER-TYPE field.

Display Offset Information - SHOW OFFSET

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Steps:

  1. If COLUMNS already appears in the center portion of the screen, you may skip these steps.
  2. Type SHOW OFFSET in the COMMAND field.
  3. Press Enter. File-AID redisplays the Formatted XREF Definition screen showing the offsets of each field, as illustrated in Formatted XREF Definition. Specifying the Selection Condition.

Related topics

Define-XREF

Formatted-XREF-Definition

 

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