Browse Action Commands

Browse action commands are used to select which part of the Report being browsed is to be displayed.

Note: Any general action command might also be used from the Browse Action property.

BACK (BA, B, -)

Use this command to move your browsing back towards the beginning of the Report output.

This command has the following syntax:

BACK [ number ]

Include number to move browsing by a number of lines towards the beginning of the Report output. Omit number to move one screen page towards the beginning of the Report.

If the beginning of the Report output is encountered while moving back, the first lines of the Report output are displayed.

FIND (FI)

Use this command to search Report output, from the current position, for a specified target string. Refer also to the Page command.

Note: The search treats upper case and lower case alphabetic characters as identical.

This command has the following syntax:

FIND [ NE ] [ string ]
FIND BA [ string ]

Include …	To Search …
NE	Towards the end of the Report output. N or a plus sign (+) can be used instead of NE. By default, it is to search towards the end of the file.
BA	Towards the beginning of the Report output. B or a minus sign (-) can be used instead of BA.
string	For a specific target string. If the target string contains spaces, enclose it in double quotes (") or parentheses. If a target string is not specified, the previous target string is used.

LEFT (LE, L, <)

Use this command to move your browsing window horizontally to the left. For moving in the opposite direction, use the RIGHT command.

This command has the following syntax:

LEFT [ number ]

The number value specifies the number of character positions to move left. By default, it is 80.

If the beginning of line is encountered while moving left, the browsing window commences at the beginning of the line.

NEXT (NE, N, +)

Use this command to move your browsing towards the end of the Report output.

This command has the following syntax:

NEXT [ number ]

Include number to specify the number of lines browsing should move. Omit number to move one screen page towards the end of the Report output.

If the end of the Report output is encountered while moving forward, the last lines of the Report output are displayed.

NS (for NO SQUASH)

Use this command to cancel the effect of the SQUASH command, and display Report output data in its designed format. By default, the NS (NO SQUASH) command is in effect.

This command has the following syntax:

NS

NT (NO TRUNCATE)

Use this command to cancel the effect of the TRUNCATE command. Any records that continue beyond the right-hand margin of the browsing window is continued on the next line of the screen (if there is sufficient space). The top line of the browsing window is always formed from the first part of a record.

By default, the TRUNCATE command is in effect.

This command has the following syntax:

NT

Page (P)

Use this command to search the Report output for a specified logical page (by number). A logical page is a screen page.

To display the first page:

PAGE

To display the last page (you can use E instead of End):

PAGE END

To displays logical page page of the Report output:

PAGE page

To displays forward pages logical pages (you can use N or + instead of NE):

PAGE NE [ pages ]

To displays back pages logical pages (you can use B or - instead of BA):

PAGE BA [ pages ]

Using the Page command

When you use the Page command:

If the beginning of the Report output is encountered, the first page of Report output is displayed.
If the selected page is not in the Report output, the next sequential page is displayed.
If the end of the Report output is encountered, the last lines of the Report output are displayed.

RIGHT (RI, R, >)

Use this command to move your browsing window horizontally to the right.

This command has the following syntax:

RIGHT [ number ]

Include number to specify the number of character positions to move right. By default, it is 80.

If the end of line is encountered while moving right, the browsing window ends at the end of line.

SAME (SA)

Use this command to redisplay the current lines of the Report.

This command has the following syntax:

SAME

SQUASH (SQ)

Use this command to compress multiple space characters between columns of information in your Report output into a single space character. Spaces within columns are not altered. By default, the NS (NO SQUASH) command is in effect.

This command has the following syntax:

SQUASH

TRUNCATE (TR)

Use this command to truncate any lines that are longer than will fit within the screen width of the browse window. Successive records of Report output are displayed on successive lines of the browse window. By default, the TRUNCATE command is in effect.

This command has the following syntax:

TRUNCATE

WHAT (WH)

Use this command to return to the Report Browse header screen, which lists file details.

This command has the following syntax:

WHAT

Details Listed

Listed file details are summarized in the following table.

Heading	Description
Report program name	Report name or FILE if a printer backup or system data file
Report Number	Relative number assigned to the Report by ROC
Output Request	Number assigned to the Report by ROC
Report file name	One of the following: printer backup, System data file, or ROC system file
File name	File name
Security status	Security status
Creation date and time	Creation date and time in the form: yy/mm/dd at hh:mm:ss
Save for	Value of Glb.SaveDays
State	Status of Report
Report size	Number of lines of Report output