VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

NBSpool Commands
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BROWSE Command Parameters
subset
This parameter specifies the subset of spool files to be viewed. The format of
this parameter is described under the topic SUBSET of the NBSpool Online
Help facility.
ASK
This parameter prompts each file to include for processing.
COMP
This parameter specifies that compression should be used when processing the
spool files (building the temporary folder file).
FFSCAN
This parameter scans the contents of each report for form feed characters to
determine page breaks.
SHOW
This parameter displays the name of each spool file as it is processed.
lines
This parameter specifies the number of lines per page to be displayed for spool
file subset. This must be a value between 4 and 88. The default is 60 lines.
printername
This parameter specifies the name (max 8 characters) of a printer definition
created via the PRINTDEF program. This allows certain default information
to be overridden, such as lines per page, perforation control, etc.
firstrec
This parameter specifies the first record of the spool file that will be viewed.
All previous records are ignored.
BROWSE Command Examples
In the following example, the BROWSE command is used to view all $STDLISTs created today
with the word ABORT:
O> BROWSE $,’ABORT’,=TODAY
In the following example, the BROWSE command is used to view all files named AGING, which
are normally printed at 80 lines per page:
O> BR AGING;LPP=80