HSMS makes use of screen masks to output the information requested by means of the SHOW statements as well as for file selection in interactive mode. All HSMS screen masks have
a header section containing the current HSMS statement together with the selected options; in the case of the HSMS statement SHOW-HSMS-PARAMETERS it also indicates whether the parameters on display are the permanent parameters stored in the HSMS control file or the temporary, session-specific parameters;
a data section to which the requested objects are output;
a footer where actions such as scrolling or terminating output can be entered;
space for displaying a message on the last line.
With regard to the data section, there are two types of HSMS screen masks: single-item screens and table screens.
Single-item screens are used to output all attributes of a single object (archive, pubset etc.).
Table screens display information about a number of objects of the same type, one object per line.
These screen masks serve exclusively to supply information. The objects or attributes displayed cannot be modified.
Mask output can take place as follows:
Output to the logical system file SYSOUT and thus onto the screen.
Output to the logical system file SYSLST or to a file which has been assigned to SYSLST. This enables the screen mask to be printed out or processed in a separate file. To save paper screen masks with 43 lines are used for outputs to SYSLST.
All screen masks include a footer (after NEXT-PAGE) in which it is possible to request scrolling up or down to preceding or following screens:
Input | Effect |
+ | Output of a screen displaying the next objects |
++ | Output of a screen displaying the last objects |
| – | Output of a screen displaying the preceding objects |
– – | Output of a screen displaying the first objects |
E | Terminates output |
Note
Only the significant leading characters are taken into account.
A detailed description of the individual screen masks is provided in “HSMS Vol. 2” [1] following in each case the description of the HSMS statement which causes display of the screen mask.
For screen mask table screens, the meaning of the individual columns is in each case explained in the manual in a key following the screen mask.
Note
Only block-oriented data display terminals (e.g. 9750) support FHS masks. FHS masks cannot be displayed on line-oriented data display terminals (e.g. connection via VTSU). Consequently, always divert the output of SHOW-... statements to *SYSLST when working on a line-oriented data display terminal.