FOCREPLAY does not compare output files. You can use any file comparison tool installed at your site to perform the comparison. When you view the results, you must determine which differences are acceptable and do not indicate a change in the operation of your application.

Issue the following command at the Ready prompt:

XCOMPARE FSC3270 OUTBASE A FSC3270 OUTNEW A (DISK

The result of the comparison is placed in the file XCOMPARE LISTING A1:

1COMPARING 'FSC3270  OUTBASE  A1' WITH 'FSC3270  OUTNEW   A1'
0FILE 1      1  O: FOCUS  7.3.7   06/06/2006  16.06.11  GEN01.01
 FILE 2      1  O: FOCUS  7.3.7   06/06/2006  16.18.02  GEN01.01
0FILE 1     36  I00007: {Enter}{024-002}
0FILE 2     60  I00007: {Enter}{024-002}
0FILE 1     68  I00008: {Enter}{024-002}
0FILE 2     92  I00008: {Enter}{024-002}
0COMPARISON COMPLETED - RETURN CODE IS     8.

The differences in the two files are the lines with the date and time stamp and lines inserted by FOCREPLAY. These differences are acceptable and do not indicate a change in the operation of the application.

Go to option 3.13 (the SuperCE Utility) from the ISPF Primary Option Menu.

Enter the names of the two output files on the screen and press Enter to start the comparison. This example accepts the default comparison options:

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                                SuperCE Utility
 Command ===>
 
 New DS Name  . . . 'USER1.FSC.OUTBASE'
 Old DS Name  . . . 'USER1.FSC.OUTNEW'
 PDS Member List              (blank/pattern - member list, * - compare all)
    (Leave New/Old DSN "blank" for concatenated-uncataloged-password panel)
    Compare Type               Listing Type               Display Output
    2  1. File                 2  1. OVSUM                1  1. Yes
       2. Line                    2. Delta                   2. No
       3. Word                    3. CHNG                    3. Cond
       4. Byte                    4. Long                    4. UPD
 
 Listing DSN  . . . . SUPERC.LIST

The results are placed in a file named USER1.SUPERC.LIST and are automatically displayed when the comparison is complete. In this example, the only lines that are different are those that show the date and time of the two runs. This difference does not indicate a change in the operation of the application:

                      LISTING OUTPUT SECTION (LINE COMPARE)
 
 ID       SOURCE LINES
 
 I - O:   FOCUS  7.3.7   06/07/2006  15.46.14
 D - O:   FOCUS  7.3.7   06/07/2006  15.48.43
 
 
                    LINE COMPARE SUMMARY AND STATISTICS
 
  106 NUMBER OF LINE MATCHES               1  TOTAL CHANGES (PAIRED+NONPAIRED CHNG)
    0 REFORMATTED LINES                    1  PAIRED CHANGES (REFM+PAIRED INS/DEL)
    1 NEW FILE LINE INSERTIONS             0  NON-PAIRED INSERTS
    1 OLD FILE LINE DELETIONS              0  NON-PAIRED DELETES
  107 NEW FILE LINES PROCESSED
  107 OLD FILE LINES PROCESSED
 
LISTING-TYPE = DELTA      COMPARE-COLUMNS =    1:23468     LONGEST-LINE = 126
PROCESS OPTIONS USED: NONE
 
 ISRS004I LISTING LINES MAY BE TRUNCATED DUE TO LIMITING OUTPUT LINE WIDTH.