Suprtool 5.8 for MPE:
User Manual
Doc-To-Help Standard Manual
by Robelle Solutions Technology Inc.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 3
Welcome to Suprtool 19
Introduction......................................................................................................... 19
Suprtool Components............................................................................................ 19
Database Editing....................................................................................... 19
Speed Demon - Replacing DBGET Mode-2................................................... 20
STExport - Data Export Utility.................................................................... 20
Suprlink - Multidataset Access.................................................................... 20
Suprtool2 - Interface Routine....................................................................... 21
Documentation..................................................................................................... 21
Notation.............................................................................................................. 21
Highlights 23
Highlights in Suprtool 5.7...................................................................................... 23
Highlights in
Suprtool 5.6...................................................................................... 23
Highlights in
Suprtool 5.5...................................................................................... 23
Highlights in
Suprtool 5.4...................................................................................... 23
Highlights in
Suprtool 5.3...................................................................................... 24
Highlights in
Suprtool 5.2...................................................................................... 24
Highlights in
Suprtool 5.1.02................................................................................. 24
Installing Suprtool 26
Overview............................................................................................................. 26
Ecometry Users..................................................................................................... 26
Instructions.......................................................................................................... 26
Getting a Quick Start with Suprtool 27
How to Run Suprtool............................................................................................ 27
What is a Task?.................................................................................................... 27
Copying Files...................................................................................................... 28
Copying One File..................................................................................... 28
Appending to a File................................................................................... 28
Concatenating Two Files............................................................................ 28
Fields in Data Files............................................................................................... 28
What is a Self-Describing File?.................................................................... 28
Creating an SD File................................................................................... 28
Define Fields in a Data File........................................................................ 29
Create an SD File from a Data File............................................................... 29
Repeating Commands............................................................................................ 30
Repeating a Command............................................................................... 30
How to Save On-line Commands to a File..................................................... 30
Selecting Database Records..................................................................................... 30
Select All Records..................................................................................... 31
Select a Random Sample............................................................................ 31
Look at the First Few Records..................................................................... 31
Selecting by Criteria.............................................................................................. 31
Simple Criteria......................................................................................... 31
Complex Criteria...................................................................................... 31
String of Digits........................................................................................ 32
Selecting by Date.................................................................................................. 32
Select by Today's Date............................................................................... 32
Select by Particular Date............................................................................. 32
Select by Year.......................................................................................... 33
Select Prior Month.................................................................................... 33
Selecting by Lists of Values.................................................................................... 33
Finding Data Based on a List...................................................................... 33
Finding Data Based on a File...................................................................... 34
Finding Data Based on Another Dataset's Criteria........................................... 34
Finding Data in a Data File......................................................................... 35
Comparing against a Key and Data............................................................... 35
Sorting Database Records....................................................................................... 36
Sort Records............................................................................................ 36
Sort Records in Descending Order................................................................ 36
Sort by Multiple Keys............................................................................... 36
Deleting Records................................................................................................... 36
Updating Records.................................................................................................. 37
Duplicate Records................................................................................................. 37
Report without Duplicate Records................................................................ 37
Report Only the Duplicate Records............................................................... 38
Report Only the Unique Records.................................................................. 38
Report Only the Duplicates and Their Originals.............................................. 39
Deleting Duplicate Database Records............................................................ 39
Deleting Non-Unique Duplicate Database Records........................................... 40
Deleting Duplicate Data File Records............................................................ 41
Sorting IMAGE to KSAM...................................................................................... 42
Loading a Dataset.................................................................................................. 42
Decimal Places..................................................................................................... 42
Converting Numbers.............................................................................................. 43
Counts and Subtotals............................................................................................. 43
Count and Subtotal on Sort Keys................................................................. 43
Sort by Count or Subtotal.......................................................................... 44
Total by Field.......................................................................................... 44
Running Totals......................................................................................... 44
Running SubTotals................................................................................... 44
Listing Records.................................................................................................... 45
Changing the Output Record Format........................................................................ 45
Producing a Condensed Dataset Listing..................................................................... 46
Simple Reports..................................................................................................... 46
Your First Report...................................................................................... 46
Printing a Report...................................................................................... 47
Specifying Your Own Title......................................................................... 47
Column Headings..................................................................................... 47
Printing Mailing Labels............................................................................. 48
Running Suprtool under MPE 49
How to Run Suprtool............................................................................................ 49
How to Xeq a Suprtool Task................................................................................... 49
Info= for Commands............................................................................................. 49
Son Process......................................................................................................... 50
Combining Info= and Son Process........................................................................... 50
Exit with Verify.................................................................................................... 51
Preventing Suprtool from Suspending....................................................................... 51
Stdin and Stdlist Files........................................................................................... 51
Input and Output Files........................................................................................... 52
Using CREATEPROCESS..................................................................................... 52
Duplicating Files.................................................................................................. 52
Job Control Word................................................................................................. 52
Suprmgr Configuration File.................................................................................... 53
Using Suprtool in Batch......................................................................................... 53
SuprtoolOutCount JCW......................................................................................... 53
SuprtoolFullCount Variable.................................................................................... 54
Summary of Parm= Values..................................................................................... 54
Suprtool Issues and Solutions 55
A Suprtool Task................................................................................................... 55
Input Choices........................................................................................... 55
Processing Selections................................................................................. 55
Output Choices......................................................................................... 55
Suprtool and Allbase............................................................................................. 56
Data-Types............................................................................................... 56
Date and Time Types................................................................................. 57
Restrictions.............................................................................................. 57
Suprtool and IMAGE............................................................................................. 57
Reading Datasets....................................................................................... 57
Serial vs. Keyed Access.............................................................................. 58
When to Use Suprtool with IMAGE............................................................. 58
TurboIMAGE Compatibility....................................................................... 59
Locking of IMAGE Datasets....................................................................... 59
Database Maintenance (Delete, Put).............................................................. 60
B-trees.................................................................................................... 61
Master Dataset Expansion (MDX)................................................................ 61
Jumbo Datasets and Large Datasets............................................................... 61
Suprtool and KSAM Files...................................................................................... 62
Locking Output KSAM Files...................................................................... 62
Locking Input KSAM Files........................................................................ 62
Compatibility Mode KSAM/V Files............................................................ 63
Reorganizing KSAM/V Files...................................................................... 63
KSAM/XL Files....................................................................................... 64
Loading KSAM/XL Files........................................................................... 64
How Do I Convert CM Ksam to NM KSAM?................................................ 64
Reuse option and KSAM/XL Files............................................................... 65
Suprtool and MPE Files......................................................................................... 65
Buffered and NOBUF File Access................................................................ 65
Message Files........................................................................................... 66
Circular Files........................................................................................... 66
RIO Files................................................................................................ 66
Temporary Files........................................................................................ 67
Lockwords............................................................................................... 67
Copying User Labels................................................................................. 67
SDUnix Utility..................................................................................................... 68
SDUnix Parameters................................................................................... 68
LF vs. NOLF........................................................................................... 68
Examples................................................................................................. 68
Link vs. Query......................................................................................... 69
Suprtool and Self-Describing Files........................................................................... 69
Create an SD File from a Dataset................................................................. 69
Create an SD File from a Data File............................................................... 69
SD Files as Input...................................................................................... 70
Listing SD Files....................................................................................... 70
Decimal Places and Date Formats................................................................. 70
Restrictions of SD Files............................................................................. 70
Creating KSAM SD Files........................................................................... 71
HowMessy Loadfile................................................................................... 72
Notes on SD Files..................................................................................... 72
Convert an SD File to a Disc File................................................................ 72
Suprtool and Sorting Files...................................................................................... 72
Fast Sorting............................................................................................. 73
Native Language Support............................................................................ 73
With Reduced Disc Space........................................................................... 73
Suprtool and Tape Files......................................................................................... 74
Labelled Tapes.......................................................................................... 74
Multiple Files.......................................................................................... 75
Notes...................................................................................................... 75
File User Labels........................................................................................ 75
Suprtool and Remote File Access............................................................................. 76
Network Services (NS)............................................................................... 76
Suprtool and MPE/iX............................................................................................ 76
Calling Suprtool in Native Mode................................................................. 76
User XL Files........................................................................................... 76
When Errors Occur.................................................................................... 77
Sorting with Suprtool/iX............................................................................ 77
Suprtool and CI Variable Substitution...................................................................... 77
Example.................................................................................................. 77
Batch Requires Indent................................................................................ 78
Avoiding Double Resolution....................................................................... 78
Suprlink and STExport.............................................................................. 79
Suprtool and User Prompting.................................................................................. 79
Example.................................................................................................. 80
Resolving Variables................................................................................... 80
Suprtool and Personal Computers............................................................................ 80
Downloading to the PC.............................................................................. 81
Decimal Places......................................................................................... 81
Spreadsheets............................................................................................. 81
Suprtool and PowerHouse Applications..................................................................... 81
Suprtool with Quiz/QTP............................................................................ 81
Step 1: Create
a Subfile with Quiz.............................................................. 82
Step 2: Output
Erase in Suprtool................................................................ 82
Step 3: Report
with Quiz........................................................................... 82
Using QTP to Create Subfiles..................................................................... 83
Creating Subfile with Command File........................................................... 83
Suprtool and PowerHouse Data-Types........................................................... 85
Suprtool Definitions - QSCHEMA............................................................... 87
Notes on QSHOW Output.......................................................................... 88
The Quiz Report....................................................................................... 89
Quiz: Generating Suprtool Commands.......................................................... 90
Generating Suprtool Commands from Quick.................................................. 90
Suprtool and Application Systems........................................................................... 91
Third-Party Indexing.................................................................................. 91
Z-type TPI-keys........................................................................................ 91
Omnidex without TPI................................................................................ 92
OmniQuest.............................................................................................. 93
Suprtool with TRANSACT........................................................................ 93
XSORT and RPG..................................................................................... 94
QUERY Program...................................................................................... 94
SRN Chronos Dates.................................................................................. 95
Year 2000 Solutions with Suprtool.......................................................................... 95
What If I Have Four-Digit Years?................................................................. 95
What does Set Date Cutoff do?.................................................................... 96
Stddate and Set Date Cutoff........................................................................ 96
What does Set Date ForceCentury do?........................................................... 96
What If I Have Two-Digit Years?................................................................. 96
What Is Wrong with Two-Digit Years?.......................................................... 97
How Do $Today and $Date Work?............................................................... 97
Will Suprtool Generate an Error for Two-Digit Year
Dates?............................... 98
How Do I Use $Today and $Date with yymmdd Dates?................................... 98
aammdd Date Format................................................................................. 98
Invalid Dates............................................................................................ 99
Can Suprtool Convert Two-Digit Years to Four Digits?................................... 99
Case 1:
Converting a J2 Date from yymmdd to ccyymmdd.............................. 99
Case 2: X6
yymmdd Data to X8 ccyymmdd................................................ 101
Case 3:
Different Date Formats X6 MMDDYY Data to X6 YYMMDD............ 102
Year 2000 Testing................................................................................... 103
Performance Issues............................................................................................... 104
Native Mode and Compatibility
Mode........................................................ 104
CPU-Bound?.......................................................................................... 104
Sort Speed............................................................................................. 105
Analyzing Performance Data...................................................................... 105
Suprtool Performance Hints....................................................................... 106
Obtaining Accurate Measurements.............................................................. 106
Performance Summary.............................................................................. 107
Suprtool Functions.............................................................................................. 107
UC4/Scripting and Functions................................................................................ 107
String/Byte Functions.......................................................................................... 108
$TRIM (Works on byte type fields)........................................................................ 108
If Usage:................................................................................................ 108
Extract Usage (target: Byte type fields)........................................................ 108
Example:............................................................................................... 108
Data Examples Before and After:................................................................ 109
$LTRIM (Works on Byte type fields)...................................................................... 109
If Usage:................................................................................................ 109
Extract Usage (target: Byte type fields)........................................................ 109
Example:............................................................................................... 109
Data Examples before and after:.................................................................. 109
$RTRIM (Works on Byte type fields)..................................................................... 109
If Usage:................................................................................................ 110
Extract Usage (target: Byte type fields)........................................................ 110
Example:............................................................................................... 110
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 110
Data Result............................................................................................ 110
$UPPER (Works on Byte-type fields)..................................................................... 110
If Usage:................................................................................................ 110
Extract Usage (target: Byte type fields)........................................................ 110
Example:............................................................................................... 110
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 110
$LOWER (Works on Byte-type fields).................................................................... 111
If Usage:................................................................................................ 111
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 111
Example:............................................................................................... 111
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 111
$PROPER (Works on Byte-type fields)................................................................... 111
If Usage:................................................................................................ 111
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 111
Example:............................................................................................... 111
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 111
$SPLIT (Works on Byte-type fields)....................................................................... 112
If Usage:................................................................................................ 112
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 112
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 112
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 112
$FINDCLEAN (Works on Byte-type fields)............................................................. 112
If Usage:................................................................................................ 112
$CLEAN (Works on Byte-type fields)..................................................................... 112
If Usage: (Not commonly used).................................................................. 113
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 113
Example:............................................................................................... 113
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 113
$TRANSLATE (Works on Byte-type fields)............................................................. 113
If Usage:................................................................................................ 113
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 113
Data Examples: (Using above code)............................................................ 113
$ETOA.............................................................................................................. 113
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 114
$ATOE.............................................................................................................. 114
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 114
String Addition................................................................................................... 114
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 114
Example:............................................................................................... 114
Data Result:........................................................................................... 114
Numeric Functions.............................................................................................. 114
$TRUNCATE..................................................................................................... 114
If Usage:................................................................................................ 115
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 115
$ABS................................................................................................................ 115
IF Usage:............................................................................................... 115
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 115
$TOTAL............................................................................................................ 115
IF Usage:............................................................................................... 115
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 115
$SUBTOTAL..................................................................................................... 115
IF Usage:............................................................................................... 115
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 116
Example of $TOTAL and $SUBTOTAL...................................................... 116
$COUNTER....................................................................................................... 116
IF Usage:............................................................................................... 116
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 117
$SUBCOUNT.................................................................................................... 117
IF Usage:............................................................................................... 117
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 117
Examples for $counter and $subcount:......................................................... 117
$SIGNED.......................................................................................................... 118
IF Usage:............................................................................................... 118
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 118
Arithmetic Operations.......................................................................................... 118
+ - * / mod............................................................................................ 118
If Usage:................................................................................................ 118
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 118
Conversion/Formatting......................................................................................... 118
$NUMBER........................................................................................................ 118
If Usage:................................................................................................ 119
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 119
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 119
$EDIT............................................................................................................... 119
If Usage:................................................................................................ 119
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 119
Data Examples:....................................................................................... 119
Other Functions.................................................................................................. 119
$LOOKUP......................................................................................................... 119
If Usage:................................................................................................ 120
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 120
$READ............................................................................................................. 120
If Usage:................................................................................................ 120
Date Functions.................................................................................................... 120
$TODAY........................................................................................................... 120
If Usage:................................................................................................ 120
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 120
$DATE.............................................................................................................. 120
If Usage:................................................................................................ 121
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 121
$INVALID......................................................................................................... 121
If Usage:................................................................................................ 121
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 121
$STDDATE....................................................................................................... 121
If Usage:................................................................................................ 121
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 121
$DAYS............................................................................................................. 121
If Usage:................................................................................................ 122
Extract Usage:......................................................................................... 122
Suprtool Commands 123
General Notes..................................................................................................... 123
Abbreviating........................................................................................... 123
Uppercase or Lowercase............................................................................ 123
Multiple Commands per Line.................................................................... 123
Continuation.......................................................................................... 124
Comments on Command Lines.................................................................. 124
STREAMX............................................................................................ 124
MPE Commands..................................................................................... 125
MPE/iX Commands................................................................................ 125
Calculator.............................................................................................. 125
Control-Y Interrupt.................................................................................. 125
Error Recovery........................................................................................ 126
Add Command
[AD]........................................................................................... 127
Base Command
[BA].......................................................................................... 128
Before Command
[B].......................................................................................... 131
Chain Command
[C]........................................................................................... 133
Clean Command
[CL]......................................................................................... 136
Removing Bad Characters......................................................................... 136
Define Command
[D].......................................................................................... 137
Delete Command
[DEL]...................................................................................... 142
Do Command [DO]............................................................................................ 144
Duplicate Command
[DU].................................................................................... 145
Edit Command
[ED]........................................................................................... 150
Exit Command
[E]............................................................................................. 151
Export Command
[EXP]...................................................................................... 153
Extract Command
[EXT]..................................................................................... 154
Constants............................................................................................... 154
Dates..................................................................................................... 156
Range of Fields....................................................................................... 158
Numeric Expressions................................................................................ 160
$SubTotal Function................................................................................. 162
$Total Function...................................................................................... 162
$Counter Function................................................................................... 162
String Expressions................................................................................... 163
Splitting Variable
Length Strings............................................................... 164
Cleaning your Data.................................................................................. 166
Clean Command
Syntax........................................................................... 166
Setting the Clean
Character....................................................................... 166
Cleaning a Field...................................................................................... 166
Cleaning your data................................................................................... 167
Extract from a Table................................................................................. 167
Data Conversion...................................................................................... 168
$Number Function................................................................................... 170
Numeric to Byte
Conversion..................................................................... 171
$Edit Function........................................................................................ 171
Placeholders and
Format Characters............................................................ 171
Byte-Type
Formatting.............................................................................. 171
Z-placeholder for
byte-fields...................................................................... 172
Overflow and
limits................................................................................. 172
Numeric field
edit-masks.......................................................................... 173
Signs.................................................................................................... 173
Decimal Places........................................................................................ 174
Data and Edit
mask:................................................................................. 174
Currency and
Dollar signs......................................................................... 174
Overflow and
floating dollar...................................................................... 175
Set CurrencySymbol................................................................................ 175
Overflow and limits................................................................................. 175
Form Command
[F]............................................................................................ 178
Get Command [G].............................................................................................. 183
Help Command
[H]............................................................................................ 186
If Command [IF]................................................................................................ 187
Expressions............................................................................................ 187
Constants............................................................................................... 190
Subscripts.............................................................................................. 191
Numeric Expressions................................................................................ 192
String Expressions................................................................................... 194
Date Selection......................................................................................... 198
Long Expressions.................................................................................... 204
Input Command
[I]............................................................................................. 207
Item Command
[IT]............................................................................................ 210
Date Formats.......................................................................................... 210
Decimal Places........................................................................................ 213
Notes.................................................................................................... 214
Key Command [K]............................................................................................. 216
Link Command
[LIN]......................................................................................... 218
List Command
[L].............................................................................................. 219
Format.................................................................................................. 219
LaserJet Listings..................................................................................... 220
Headings in Listings................................................................................ 221
Simple Reports....................................................................................... 222
List Device............................................................................................. 223
Listredo Command
[LISTREDO].......................................................................... 225
Numrecs Command
[N]....................................................................................... 226
Open Command
[OP].......................................................................................... 228
Output Command
[O]......................................................................................... 229
Put Command [P].............................................................................................. 236
Q Command [Q]................................................................................................ 238
Redo Command
[REDO]..................................................................................... 239
Reset Command
[R]........................................................................................... 242
Select Command [SEL]........................................................................................ 243
Set Command [S]............................................................................................... 244
Allbase.................................................................................................. 246
Arithmetic.............................................................................................. 246
Baseclose............................................................................................... 246
Blocksize............................................................................................... 246
Buffer.................................................................................................... 246
CleanChar.............................................................................................. 247
CurrencySymbol..................................................................................... 247
Date Cutoff............................................................................................ 247
Date ForceCentury................................................................................... 249
Date IfYY2000Error................................................................................. 249
Date MapToPHDate8............................................................................... 249
DecimalSymbol...................................................................................... 250
Defer..................................................................................................... 250
DumpOnError......................................................................................... 250
EditStopError......................................................................................... 250
Eofread.................................................................................................. 251
FastRead................................................................................................ 251
Filecode................................................................................................. 251
Filename................................................................................................ 252
Firstrec.................................................................................................. 252
Hints..................................................................................................... 252
Ifcheck................................................................................................... 252
Ignore.................................................................................................... 253
InitExtents............................................................................................. 253
ItemAbbreviateDate.................................................................................. 253
ItemLock............................................................................................... 253
Interactive.............................................................................................. 254
LabelledTapeRewind................................................................................ 254
Limits................................................................................................... 254
List....................................................................................................... 255
List Date................................................................................................ 255
List PCL............................................................................................... 256
List Time............................................................................................... 257
Lock..................................................................................................... 257
MakeAbsent........................................................................................... 258
NLS...................................................................................................... 258
NumBug................................................................................................ 259
Openmode.............................................................................................. 259
Oracle Rows........................................................................................... 259
Oracle OpenFix....................................................................................... 259
Oracle Integer.......................................................................................... 259
Oracle PassShift...................................................................................... 259
Oracle ZeroNull....................................................................................... 260
Pattern................................................................................................... 260
Prefetch................................................................................................. 260
Privmode............................................................................................... 261
Progress................................................................................................. 261
Prompt.................................................................................................. 262
RealMap................................................................................................ 262
Recover................................................................................................. 262
Redo..................................................................................................... 262
Sortfast.................................................................................................. 263
Squeeze................................................................................................. 264
Statistics................................................................................................ 264
Subsystem............................................................................................. 264
Suspend................................................................................................. 265
ThousandSymbol.................................................................................... 265
Userlabels.............................................................................................. 265
Varsub................................................................................................... 266
VarsubCompat........................................................................................ 266
VarsubDebug.......................................................................................... 266
Warnings............................................................................................... 266
Xltrim................................................................................................... 267
Sort Command
[SO]........................................................................................... 268
Table Command [TA].......................................................................................... 270
Adding Individual Values to a Table........................................................... 270
Adding Values from a File........................................................................ 271
TRanslate Command [TR].................................................................................... 275
Total Command [T]............................................................................................. 277
Update Command
[UP]....................................................................................... 279
Use Command [U].............................................................................................. 280
Userpause Command
[USER]............................................................................... 282
Verify Command
[V].......................................................................................... 283
Xeq Command [X]............................................................................................. 284
Calculator Command [=]...................................................................................... 285
Suprtool Errors and Warnings 288
Two Types Of Messages....................................................................................... 288
Errors................................................................................................................ 288
Warnings........................................................................................................... 289
Welcome to STExport 291
Welcome to STExport.......................................................................................... 291
Installing STExport............................................................................................. 291
Built-In File Names............................................................................................. 291
Accessing STExport 293
How To Run STExport........................................................................................ 293
How to Xeq an STExport Task.............................................................................. 293
Son Process........................................................................................................ 293
Suprtool Export Command................................................................................... 294
Preventing MPE Commands................................................................................. 294
Exit with Verify.................................................................................................. 294
Preventing STExport from Suspending.................................................................... 294
Job Control Word................................................................................................ 295
Using STExport in Batch...................................................................................... 295
Summary of Parm= Values................................................................................... 295
STExportOutCount JCW...................................................................................... 295
STExportFullCount Variable................................................................................. 296
Introduction to STExport 297
Importing Data.................................................................................................... 297
Input File........................................................................................................... 297
Data-Types......................................................................................................... 297
Formatting Commands......................................................................................... 298
Commands......................................................................................................... 298
Performance Considerations................................................................................... 298
CI Variable Substitution....................................................................................... 299
STExport Commands 301
General Notes..................................................................................................... 301
Abbreviating........................................................................................... 301
Uppercase or Lowercase............................................................................ 301
Comments on Command Lines.................................................................. 301
STREAMX............................................................................................ 302
MPE Commands..................................................................................... 302
MPE/iX Commands................................................................................ 302
File Names............................................................................................. 302
Calculator.............................................................................................. 303
Control-Y.............................................................................................. 303
Before Command
[B].......................................................................................... 304
Clean Command
[CL]......................................................................................... 306
Removing Bad Characters......................................................................... 306
Columns Command
[C]...................................................................................... 307
Date Command
[DA].......................................................................................... 308
Decimal Command
[DEC]................................................................................... 310
Delimiter Command
[DE].................................................................................... 311
Do Command [DO]............................................................................................ 312
Escape Command
[ES]........................................................................................ 313
Exit Command
[E]............................................................................................. 314
Exit Abort [EA]...................................................................................... 314
Exit Suspend [ES]................................................................................... 314
Exit Xeq [EX]......................................................................................... 314
Floating Command
[FL]...................................................................................... 316
Form Command
[F]............................................................................................ 317
Heading Command
[HEA]................................................................................... 319
Help Command
[H]............................................................................................ 321
HTML Command
[HT]....................................................................................... 322
Input Command
[I]............................................................................................. 324
Listredo Command
[LISTREDO].......................................................................... 325
Output Command
[O]......................................................................................... 326
Quote Command
[Q]........................................................................................... 327
Redo Command
[REDO]..................................................................................... 328
Reset Command
[R]........................................................................................... 329
Set Command [S]............................................................................................... 330
CleanChar.............................................................................................. 330