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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Main Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This window is the window that first appears when AUTOS2 is invoked.
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Main Menu Items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Most of these options can be performed using the GUI interface via the Picture
Push Buttons.
Files
The Files option allow for the manipulation of the Schedules and Scripts.
Schedules
Schedules will contain the automation task required on a specific date at a
specific time.
Select
The Select option allows for the selection of a Schedule which is
required to be automated or edited.
Edit
The Edit option will invoke the User's editor of choice to manipulate the
Schedule. The format of which is:
field1,field2,field3,field4,field5,field6,field7,field8,field9,field10,field11
this is commonly known as a comma delimited line where:
field1 is the From Date with a format of YYYY-MM-DD
field2 is the To Date with a format of YYYY-MM-DD
field3 is the From Time with a format of HH:MM:SS
field4 is the To Time with a format of HH:MM:SS
field5 is the Interval Time with a format of HH:MM:SS
field6 contains 5 indicators representing the week within the month. A
1 will indicate a week that is to be automated on, a 0 that it is not.
The first indicator is the first week and so on.
field7 contains 7 indicators representing the days of the week. A 1
will indicate that the day is to be automated on, a 0 that it is not.
The first indicator represents Sunday and so on.
field8 contains 12 indicators representing the months of the year. A 1
will indicate that the month is to be automated on, a 0 that it is
not. The first indicator represents January and so on.
field9 contains the name of a DateGroup file. If the extension is
missing then *.DTG is assumed. This file should contain a list of
dates in the format YYYY-MM-DD and represent dates on which automation
should not take place, for example holidays.
field10 contains the name of a DateGroup file. If the extension is
missing then *.DTG is assumed. This file should contain a list of
dates in the format YYYY-MM-DD and represent dates on which automation
will only take place, for example backups on the last day of the
month.
field11 contains the command to be issued.
Recycle
The Recycle option will halt automation and immediately start it again but
with the currently selected Schedule.
Scripts
Scripts will contain a set of commands that will conduct a particular PM
window dialogue.
The format of each line is simply a single field containing the command to
be executed, as per field11 for a Schedule.
Select
The Select option allows for the selection of a Script which is required
to be run or edited.
Edit
The Edit option will invoke the User's editor of choice to manipulate the
Script.
Run
The Run option will load the currently selected Script.
Halt
The Halt option will stop the currently runnning Script.
Date Groups
The Date Groups option will allow for the selection of, and invoke, the
User's editor of choice to manipulate a Date Group File. Dates are held in
the format "YYYY-MM-DD" for use on the day page of the Schedule Settings
Notebook. Date Group Files should have an extension of ".DTG".
Parameters
The Parameters option will allow for the selection of, and invoke, the
User's editor of choice to manipulate a Parameter File. Parameters can be
held one per line in one of two formats.
Value Format
This is where only the value of the parameter is defined, that is it is
not prefixed with "PARMn=" where n is a parameter number. The value of n
is automatically assigned from the beginning of the parameter file,
starting at one, and incremented after each Value formatted line.
Assignment Format
This line is of the format "PARMn=Value" where n is the assigned
parameter number. This line does not effect the automatic numbering of
the Value only format.
These parameters can be loaded using the "Load Parameter" internal command
and used for sending to Multi Line Entry Fields or pasting to a DOS/OS2
window. As an example you could load parameter file ABC.PRM with SQL being
carefull to leave values to be substituted on a seperate line. These values
will be assigned a PARM value depending on the line on which they appear. In
a second parameter file XYZ.PRM you would assign these parameters a value
for this run (i.e. a WHERE clause). Then by using the "Output Parameter"
internal command the substituted SQL could be sent to a Query MLE window.
Exit
The Exit option will stop Automation and halt AUTOS2.
Options
The Options Menu item will allow for User settings.
Editor
Here the User can enter a command that will invoke an Editor of choice.
By imbedding the word "EdName" the User can specify where the member to be
edited must be placed on the command line.
For example:
Start E.EXE EdName
Automation
The Automation option will allow for Automation to be switched on if it is
off, or switched off if it is on.
On
The On option will switch on automation.
Off
The Off option will switch off automation.
Log
The Log option will allow for the Logging to be switched on if it is off, or
switched off if it is on.
On
The On option will switch on logging.
Off
The Off option will switch off logging.
Show Hints
The Show Hints option will allow for the Showing of a window's hint text to
be switched on if it is off, or switched off if it is on.
On
The On option will switch on Hint text.
Off
The Off option will switch off Hint text.
Setup
The Setup option allows for the entry of INI file type entries.
Allowable entries are:
Editor=entry1
Where entry1 is the startup command for an Editor.
Auto=entry2
Where entry2 can be Y or N being to required setting for Automation at
startup.
Log=entry3
Where entry3 can be Y or N being the required setting for Logging at
startup.
Startup_Schedule=entry4
Where entry4 is a preselected Schedule pathname.
Startup_Script=entry5
Where entry5 is a preselected Script pathname.
Help
Help Information.
Online...
Online Help document for the Main Window.
About...
Product Information.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.1. Picture Push Buttons ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The two Picture Push Buttons represent Schedules and Scripts with the Alarm
Clock and Scroll respectively.
These buttons also represent the entry into the GUI side of AUTOS2. Where most
of the cumbersome Main Menu Items are replaced by mouse clicks.
By LMB clicking on either one you will be presented with a new window showing
all of the currently available entries, where each represents a file. Each
Alarm Clock represents a Schedule (*.SCD) file and the Scroll represents a
Script (*.SCR) file.