Thi [HELP facilit i intende t provid yo wit quic overvie o eac o th activitie yo ca perfor wit FMS Additiona informatio ca b foun i th PRIME an i th User Guide I yo ar unabl t fin th answe you'r lookin for pleas le u know s tha w ca improv thi hel fil an ou manuals Now i yo wer lookin fo mor informatio abou thi progra itself -- Th fil HELP.SY i a ordinar tex file create wit a ordinar tex editor Th firs lin o eac entr contains enclose i squar brackets th keywor (o ke phrase b whic th entr i accessed Thi entr whic yo ar readin no i specia i tha it keywor i "HELP" an tha i th on whic i printe b default tha is i yo don' ente keyword yo ge thi entry. enter RETURN for more... Th fil HELPX.SY i create automaticall b FM i i i no foun whe yo as fo HELP I i a inde int thi tex file whic make i acces th entrie ver quickly I yo chang th HELP.SY file eras HELPX.SYS Yo ca us UTILITY Th fil nam i HELPX an th typ i SYS Then th first time you ask for HELP, FMS will re-create HELPX.SYS. Additiona informatio ca b foun i th User Guide Reference Section, alphabetically under HELP. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu. # T mak [ne file] yo mus star wit Fil Definition Thi tell FM i detai wha th forma o th fil shoul be Selec th "FIL DEFINITION lin fro th DEFINITIONS MENU. Then yo mus creat Contro Definition Thi tell FM wha fiel o field ar t b treate a th Ke Valu fo eac recor i th file Later whe yo hav pu dat int th file yo wil retriev record accordin t thei Ke Values Select the DEFINE KEYS line from the DEFINITIONS MENU. Whe thes tw definition hav bee done yo ca Updat th file Fo ne file yo wil onl b abl t ad ne records later you'l b abl t chang o delet existin records. Select the UPDATE line from the MAINTENANCE MENU. Using the new SCREENWRITER you can create a screen layout, control definition and file definition all at the same time. Then, just UPDATE the file and you're in business. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu # Th [GLOSSARY progra print ou Fil Definition I i accesse fro th DEFINITION MENU Giv i th nam o you File Definition. (Name only - do not put in ".FD") See "PRINTER" for information on setting up the printer. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu # Settin u th [printer shoul b don b someon wh understand bot th hardwar an th softwar yo ar using I th printe itsel i configure properl an working ther ar four ways to tell FMS how to print things. Yo ca se th PAG WIDT b changin th WW entr i LOCATE.SYS LOCATE.SY i a ordinar tex fil an ca b edite wit an tex editor Th Introductio t th User Guid contains a complete list of the WWW entries and their meanings. Yo ca se th PAG LENGT i simila fashion b using the LLL entry in LOCATE.SYS. Yo ca reques al printe outpu t g t th scree b usin th CC entr i LOCATE.SYS Th characte followin "CCC mus b spac i yo wan t us 8 columns o th lette "A t us 7 columns Whe yo hav selecte thi option FM use PAG LENGT o 2 automatically an stop a th en o eac page until you press RETURN. Usin th DEFPAR program yo ca tel FM whethe o no you printe recognize FOR FEEDS Ente "DEFPAR PARM.SYS" Answe al th question wit jus RETUR t kee th curren value unti yo ge t th FOR FEED question an answe "Y". enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu # Th [key fo recor i th fiel o fiel whic yo us t identif th record Th fourt Tutoria i th PRIME show ho t creat KE DEFINITION Pag i th PRIME discusses the idea of unique identifiers for records. Yo ca ente record wit [duplicat keys i yo wan to Fo exampl i mailin lis application yo ma hav severa record fo differen peopl wit th sam las name W d no recommen thi procedure I yo wan t eliminat duplicat keys chang th DA entr i LOCATE.SY s tha th character following the DAD is anything but a space. Th maximu lengt o ke i 25 characters includin al field tha ma g int creatin th key Th shorte yo mak th key th smalle th inde wil be an th faste th access will therefore be. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu # Creatin [Selection Definitio ma b th trickies par o usin FMS Pleas rea Tutoria V i th PRIME i yo haven't already. Yo ca mak Selectio Definitio par o Contro Definition T d that whe yo hav selecte th DEFIN KEY lin o th DEFINITION Menu whe th progra ask yo whethe yo wan t includ Selectio Definition ente th nam o th Selectio Definitio yo wan t use Then wheneve tha Contro Definitio i used th Selectio wil b applied Whe yo sor fil o index onl record passin th selectio wil b i th outpu file Afte yo hav entere th selection th progra ask yo fo th field yo wan t output Thi wil affec printin an als th SUBFIL facility Whe yo print onl th field yo hav chose wil b printed i th orde yo specif i th Selectio Definition regardles o thei orde i th Fil Definition Whe yo creat SUBFILE onl th field yo hav chosen will appear in each output record. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu. # Th FM [UTILITY progra i use t displa directory rename o delet files I use LOCATE.SY t fin file i i can s yo nee no specif driv fo file tha ar mentione b typ i LOCATE.SYS Fo example i yo hav al o you FD' o driv (an ther i a entr "F C i LOCATE.SYS) UTILIT wil onl searc driv file o typ "FD" Whe enterin fil name fo th UTILIT program yo mus separat th NAM an th TYPE I yo wan t delet fil name OLD.FD yo woul ente "OLD a th name an "FD a th type I yo ente RETUR onl fo th nam and say "FD fo th type FM wil searc fo al F files I yo enter say "CUST fo th nam an RETUR onl fo th type FM wil searc fo al file wit th nam "CUST" regardles o th type I yo ente RETUR fo bot th nam an th type FM will search the disk you designate for all files it can find. Yo ca us questio mar t stan fo an singl characte i fil nam o type Fo example t searc fo al F file wit name tha star wit "CUS" ente "CUS????? a the name and "FD" for the type. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu. # Th [Men Definition facilit allow yo t se u you ow menu t perfor an progra o batc fil withou leavin FMS Th program yo invok nee no b FM programs an CP/ command or batch file can be specified. Whe th Custo Men i executed FM arrange thing s tha wheneve progra terminates contro return t th Men tha invoke it T allo exi fro menu specif Program us whateve tex yo wan ("Exit i nice) an th progra nam mus b "QUIT" Whe thi i executed FM exit completely it' th sam a choosin th "EXIT lin fro an o th FM menus. I yo wan t execut an o th FM menu fro Custo Menu, again use a Program invocation. The program names are: FMS80 The Main Menu FMS80A Definitions Menu FMS80B Maintenance Menu FMS80C Reports Menu For FMS-81, just replace the 80 with 81. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu # Th [Subfile progra create ne dat fil fro on o you existin dat files A th sam time i create ne File Definition to match the new file. Th ne file' content an forma ar determine b Selectio Definition Onl th Selectio an Field t Outpu section o th Selectio Definitio ar used th Totals Subtotals, and Averages are ignored. Fo eac recor tha passe th Selectio section eac fiel specifie i th Field t Outpu sectio i writte t th ne file So yo ca tak fil tha ha 10 field i i an creat ne fil wit onl 1 field b specifyin onl th 1 fields you want in the Selection Definition. I yo prin fil usin Selectio definition th field yo se printe ar th one tha woul g int th ne file when you create a subfile. Th dat fil create b SUBFIL ha typ o "SFL an th F ha typ o "AFD" t avoi accidentall destroyin an existin files Yo shoul renam thes t ".DAT an ".FD before using them See the PRIMER Tutorial VI for more information. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu. # Th [Sort progra i use t resequenc dat fil o a index I ca tel th differenc betwee a index transaction file, a reject file, and a data file. Normally yo wil no nee t sor anythin bu a Index T d that b sur tha yo specif ONL TH INDE NAM AN NO CONTRO DEFINITIO NAME Jus enter fo exampl "CUST.IDX fo th DAT FILE an RETUR onl fo th CONTRO DEFINITION. T sor dat file ente th nam o th CONTRO DEFINITION and the name of the file. Yo ca sor an selec a th sam tim b incorporatin a Selection Definition into your Control Definition. Yo nee no nam th Contro Definitio th sam a th Dat file Fo example yo ma hav Contro Definitio tha specifie th Zi Cod a th key an cal i ZIP.CTL T sor you dat fil (say "CUST.DAT" accordin t th zi code specify "ZIP" as the CONTROL name and "CUST" as the DATA name. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu # Th [Index progra create a inde accordin t Contro definition Yo ca creat severa indexe fo th sam fil b jus creatin severa Contro Definition specifyin th key yo want Yo mus sor th inde befor usin it s tha the records will be accessed in order. You can have up to eleven indexes in use at one time with the Update program, and all of them will be updated as necessary when you add, change, or delete records. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu. # Th [PRINT progra print dat file I yo don' specif Selection i print ever fiel o ever record constructin u t tw line o header fro th Fil Definition Eve i ever fiel i no name i header the ar al printed. I ther i Selectio Definition onl th record whic pas th selectio criteri wil b printed Fo eac recor onl th field selecte wil b printed i th orde specifie i th Selectio Definition regardles o th orde i the File Definition. enter RETURN to go back to the HELP menu. #