Scrolling the Screen

How to:

You may scroll the screen forward and backward, right and left.

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Syntax: How to Scroll the Screen Forward

To scroll forward one screen in a segment, enter 

FOrward

or press the PF8 or PF20 key. Note that the last instance on one screen becomes the first instance on the next screen.

To scroll the screen n lines forward, enter 

Next n

or:

DOwn n

If you do not enter a number for n, the default is 1.

Example: Scrolling Forward

For example, suppose the screen displays the EMPLOYEE root segment as shown below.

FSCAN FILE EMPLOYEEFOCUS A1         CHANGES :0
 
     EMP_ID      LAST_NAME  FIRST_NAME  HIRE_DATE  DEPARTMENT
     ------      ---------  ----------  ---------  ----------
==   071382660   STEVENS    ALFRED      800602     PRODUCTION
==   112847612   SMITH      MARY        810701     MIS
==   117593129   JONES      DIANE       820501     MIS
==   119265415   SMITH      RICHARD     820104     PRODUCTION
==   119329144   BANNING    JOHN        820801     PRODUCTION
==   123764317   IRVING     JOAN        820104     PRODUCTION
==   126724188   ROMANS     ANTHONY     820701     PRODUCTION
==   219984371   MCCOY      JOHN        810701     MIS
==   326179357   BLACKWOOD  ROSEMARIE   820401     MIS
==   451123478   MCKNIGHT   ROGER       820202     PRODUCTION
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When you type the FORWARD command on the command line and press Enter, the following screen appears:

 
FSCAN FILE EMPLOYEEFOCUS A1           CHANGES :0
 
     EMP_ID      LAST_NAME  FIRST_NAME  HIRE_DATE  DEPARTMENT
     ------      ---------  ----------  ---------  ----------
==   451123478   MCKNIGHT   ROGER       820202     PRODUCTION
==   543729165   GREENSPAN  MARY        820401     MIS
==   818692173   CROSS      BARBARA     811102     MIS
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Syntax: How to Scroll the Screen Backward

To scroll the screen backward, enter 

Backward

or press the PF7 or PF19 key.
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Syntax: How to Scroll the Screen to the Right and the Left

To scroll the screen one panel to the right, enter 

RIght
LEft

or press the PF11 or PF23 key.

To scroll the screen one panel to the left, enter 

LEft

or press the PF10 or PF22 key.

The commands RIGHT and LEFT are immediate commands. When you scroll right and left, FSCAN does not enter changes you typed on the screen until you press Enter after scrolling.

Example: Scrolling the Screen

For example, if you scroll the EMPLOYEE root segment display one panel to the right, the following screen appears:

FSCAN FILE EMPLOYEEFOCUS A1         CHANGES :0
 
    CURR_SAL         CURR_JOBCODE    ED_HRS
    --------         ------------    ------
==  11000.00         A07              25.00
==  13200.00         B14              36.00
==  18480.00         B03              50.00
==  9500.00          A01              10.00
==  29700.00         A17                .00
==  26862.00         A15              30.00
==  21120.00         B04               5.00
==  18480.00         B02                .00
==  21780.00         B04              75.00
==  16100.00         B02              50.00
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