- Command line of the HELP screen

+ | - Page one screen forwards / backwards.

If nothing is entered in the Command field, this is the same as one screen forwards.

+n | -n n lines forwards / backwards (not allowed in menus).

++ | -- Move to the beginning / end of the current item (Field or menu point information - not allowed in a menu).

LIST [file] [, E|O]

The full contents of the Help item currently being displayed will be written to a file with the specified name. If, for example, a user is currently displaying the CFS amendment history (?news command), the full text of the amendment history will be written to a file called CFS.NEWS if the command LIST CFS.NEWS is issued.

file Name of the output file. If no file name is specified, the standard file name of CFS.HELPLIST.tsn will be used.

If the file name is omitted for a later LIST command, the data will be appended to the List file last specified (i.e. the file will be opened in Extend mode).

E Append output file (Open=Extend).

O Create new output file (Open=Output). Existing file with the same name will be overwritten.

DKEY | NDKEY Display Keys. The ISAM key of the first record from the Help file will be displayed. This information is necessary for diagnostic purposes.

Standard: NDKEY

NF Next Field. Display information for the next field. This command is equivalent to pressing the K1 key.

LF Last Field. Display information for the previous field. This command is equivalent to pressing the K3 key.

MEN Display the previous menu. This command is equivalent to pressing the F2 key.

S&,.... Search for keywords in the HELP file.

Search the whole HELP file for the specified string (e.g. Reorganise). The result will be a list of all the menu points containing the search string.

For a full description of the Search command, see page 8-.

S,.... Search for the specified string from the current position to the end of the information relating to this field.

If the Search command is entered from a menu mask, then all menu points will be searched for the specified string. The menu points containing the string will be marked with an "S". If the menu point is another menu, it will always be marked with an "S", even thogh the submenu will not be searched. If a screen is transmitted with menu points thus marked, the resulting strings will be displayed, or the submenu will be searched.

S-,.... Search for the specified string in the direction of the beginning of the HELP information. This command is only permissable following a S,.....command.

E or END Terminate HELP function.

/cmd Execute BS2000 command.

/ Break. Branch to the BS2000 command mode.

=arith Arithmetic calculation, or hexadecimal <--> character conversion.

For a full description, see page 7-.

HC | NHC Set / reset the CFS Hardcopy function.

The HC command can be specified with any of the parameters detailed on page 15-1. The HC file,R command is of particular interest with the HELP system (see page 15-). The information appearing on the screen will be reproduced in the file in reduced form. The screen headers, footers and frames do not appear in the reduced format.

? Information on possible entries in the COMMAND field of the HELP mask.

?? General Information regarding the CFS Help System.

?ALL | ?&  the main menu of the Help system will be displayed. The entire HELP system can be reached from this menu.

MES Write a message in the CFS Remark file. A mask will be displayed in which CFS errors, enhancement requests and other messages for the attention of OPG GmbH can be entered. This information is written in the file $TSOS.CFSCOM. The name of this file can be amended during installation by the system administrator. See the MES command on page 7- for further information on the format of the Remark mask.