Statements can be entered in guided or unguided dialog, from procedure files or in batch mode. A detailed description of the input options can be found in the manual [6] "Introductory Guide to the SDF Dialog Interface"]).
In guided dialog, only those statements which are legal at that particular moment are offered to the user. For example, START-TAPE-PROCESSING is offered only after ASSIGN-INPUT-TAPE (see chapter “Sequence of statements”).
Statement | Meaning |
ASSIGN-INPUT-FILE | Assign an input file |
ASSIGN-INPUT-TAPE | Assign an input tape |
ASSIGN-OUTPUT-FILE | Assign an output file |
ASSIGN-OUTPUT-TAPE | Assign an output tape |
CHANGE-INPUT-TAPEPOSITION | Position the input tape |
END | Start the conversion run, terminate PERCON |
MODIFY-PERCON-OPTIONS | Control message output |
RESET-INPUT | Reset statements |
SELECT-INPUT-RECORDS | Define selection conditions |
SET-GROUP-ATTRIBUTES | Define group break conditions |
SET-PAGE-LAYOUT | Define the output format (page and line editing) |
SET-RECORD-MAPPING | Define the output record format |
START-CONVERSION | Start a conversion step |
START-TAPE-PROCESSING | Control tape output |
The SDF standard statements may be specified during the PERCON run. They are not described in the present manual. A description may be found in the manual [6] "Introductory Guide to the SDF Dialog Interface".