Version 7.6.3
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Listing Database Files

This document is organized as follows:


Displaying the List of Files

Start of instruction setTo list the files associated with a database:

  1. Select an Adabas database in tree-view and expand it.

  2. Select Database Files in tree-view.

    The files are listed in a file list display table in detail-view. By default, the following information about each file is provided:

    Optionally, additional information about each file can also be listed, if you change the columns in the file list display, as described in Changing the Columns in the File List Display.

    Links are also available for each file listed from which you can review the file properties and the Field Definition Table (FDT) for the file.

    Note:
    To view a specific file which may be displayed on another page of the file list, enter the file number in the text box above the table and click on the Go to button.

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Changing the Columns in the File List Display

You can change the columns shown in the file list display. Specifically, you can indicate whether the following information appears in the file list display table:

Start of instruction setTo change the columns in the file list display:

  1. Access the file list display, as described in Displaying the List of Files.

  2. In the upper left corner of the display, click on the Properties button (graphics/fileprop.png).

    The File Properties panel appears.

  3. On the File Properties panel, select columns for the file list display by moving them into and out of the Selected Columns list. To move a column into the Selected Columns list, select the column name in the Available Columns list and click on the right arrow button. To move a column out of the Selected Columns list, select the column name in the Selected Columns list and then click on the left arrow button.

  4. Once you have selected the columns for the file list display, select the order in which they should appear in the file list display table. The topmost column in the Selected Columns list will appear immediately to the right of the Fields column in the table. Use the Up and Down buttons to move the column headings up and down in the Selected Columns list.

  5. When the columns you want are listed in the order you want in the Selected Columns list, click the Save or Save As button to save the column setting definition.

    Or:
    Click on the Cancel button to cancel the column setting definition.

    If you click Save or Save As, you are prompted for the unique name of the column setting definition. Continue with the next step.

    If you click Cancel, the column setting definition is cancelled and you can ignore the remaining steps in this section.

  6. Type in a unique name for the column setting definition and click OK to save the definition or Cancel to cancel the definition.

  7. You can also rename or delete an existing column setting definition. Select the definition name in the selection box and click Delete or Rename.

    If you click Delete the column setting definition will be deleted.

    If you click Rename, you will be prompted to enter a new name for the definition. Enter the name you have chosen and click OK.

When you refresh the file list display, the column settings you selected will appear. The selected column settings appear in all file list displays for all databases registered until you change the column settings with a new definition.

If more than one column setting definition is created, you can select the one you want using the drop-down list on the upper right side of the file list display.

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