Work with file aid compare to work against multiple record types.

[Priya]

Can someone please help me to work with file aid compare to work against multiple record types? If yes, can someone please provide with couple of examples. I had been struggling to get it setup.

[nicc]

It might help if you show what you have done so far so that someone can point out where you have gone wrong or what step(s) you have missed.

[enrico-sorichetti]

investigate the use of the XREF specifications

[Priya]

To make my life easy I made two simple files to compare: MISXY2.FILEAID.COMPARE.TEST. Another file MISXY2.FILEAID.COMPARE.TEST1. As of now both the files are just copy of each other:

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VIEW       	MISXY2.FILEAID.COMPARE.TEST                     	Columns 	00001 	00072 
Command ===> 	                                                 	Scroll ===> 	CSR  
****** 	***************************** Top of Data ******************************
000100 	FIRST  LINE                                                             
000200 	SECOND LINE                                                             
000300 	THIRD  LINE                                                             
000400 	FOURTH LINE                                                             
000500 	FIFTH  LINE                                                             
****** 	**************************** Bottom of Data ****************************

Second file:

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VIEW       	MISXY2.FILEAID.COMPARE.TEST1                    	Columns 	00001 	00072 
Command ===> 	                                                 	Scroll ===> 	CSR  
****** 	***************************** Top of Data ******************************
000100 	FIRST  LINE                                                             
000200 	SECOND LINE                                                             
000300 	THIRD  LINE                                                             
000400 	FOURTH LINE                                                             
000500 	FIFTH  LINE                                                             
****** 	**************************** Bottom of Data ****************************

Have created a layout for them:

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VIEW       	MISXY2.CPYLIB(FILEAIDC) - 01.00            	Columns 	00001 	00072 
Command ===> 	                                                 	Scroll ===> 	CSR  
****** 	***************************** Top of Data ******************************
000001 	        01 GROUP-LEVEL                                                  
000002 	           05 VALUE-1   PIC X(6).                                       
000003 	           05 VALUE-2   PIC X(6).                                       
****** 	**************************** Bottom of Data ****************************

In file-aid selected option-10, (10 COMPARE - Compare file contents )

After following the instruction online, I reached to this screen and stuck here:

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File-AID ----------- Compare - Formatted Criteria ---------------------------- 
COMMAND ===> 	                                                 	SCROLL ===> 	PAGE 
                                                                               
OLD FILE - 	MISXY2.FILEAID.COMPARE.TEST ----------------------------------------
 Cmd  Field Name                         Format   Status Display               
  	  	  	GROUP-LEVEL                        	GRP   12 	                             
  	_ 	  	 VALUE-1                           	C      6 	COMPARISON FIELD             
  	_ 	  	 VALUE-2                           	C      6 	COMPARISON FIELD             
******************************* BOTTOM OF DATA ********************************

What to do next?

[prino]

RTFM?

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[nicc]

Press F1?

[Robert Sample]

According to what I see online, the bottom of the screen you posted should have

Cmd: S = Sync/Key, T = Tolerance, P = Print, C = Compare, R = Reset

If you need more assistance, use the PF1 (F1) key.

[Priya]

Thanks all for your suggestion. I did look at documentation but did not find something to give me a direction. Honestly, I could not spend much time on it though I shall try again.

Thanks for suggestion so far.

Yes, Robert I saw those options but once I gave "C" in front of the variables and pressed F3, it did not show the comparison of those variable, which I expected.

[nicc]

Why F3 (usually the end key) instead of Enter (usually process the command)?