Statements can be initiated from different interactive sources such as MARC, CANDE, or the ODT as well as from programming languages such as WFL. If one or more of the necessary files are not present, the statement behavior can differ depending on how the statement is initiated. For this reason, not all aspects of statement behavior are documented.

To determine the commands that are acceptable when a NO FILE message is encountered, use the Y (Status Interrogate) system command. For more information about this command, refer to the System Commands Reference.