Starting up the Central Directory Administration Program

This document covers the following topics:


Starting up in a Con-nect Environment

If you add the central directory as application CADMIN in your Con-nect cabinet, you can invoke the central directory from any point in Con-nect.

By default, when you start up the central directory, the values you assigned to the DBID and FNR for the central directory's LFILE parameter (logical file number 160 has been reserved for the central directory file) are used.

Note:
If the DBID and FNR used when starting the central directory is different to that which are stored in the local Con-nect's directory synchronization maintenance, the startup values will be used.

If you have not assigned values to the central directory's LFILE parameter, the DBID and FNR defined with the Directory Synchronization Maintenance function are used when starting up the central directory. See Directory Synchronization Maintenance.

If you have not assigned values to either the central directory's LFILE parameter or with the Directory Synchronization Maintenance function, you are unable to start up the central directory.

Starting up as a Standalone Application

If the central directory is to be started as a standalone application, the central directory LFILE parameter assignment must be defined in your Natural start up routine. If no LFILE parameter has been assigned, the following start up screen is displayed:

 Invalid DBID/FNR specified in central directory
 12:55                    * * *  C O N - N E C T  3  * * *             14/02/94
  CD Name           Central Directory Administration - Main Menu          OCAP00


  Select a Function:      _ Administration Data Maintenance

                          _ Address Data Maintenance

                          _ Log Data Maintenance









 Select by marking with any character
  Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
       Help        Exit              Flip                                Canc
 
 

Central Administration Main Menu

The "Central Administration Main Menu" is the first screen displayed.


  12:55                    * * *  C O N - N E C T  3  * * *             14/02/94
  CD Name DAEFCOC   Central Directory Administration - Main Menu          OCAP00


  Select a Function:      _ Administration Data Maintenance

                          _ Address Data Maintenance

                          _ Log Data Maintenance












 Select by marking with any character
  Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
       Help        Exit              Flip                                Canc
 

To select a function, you enter any character and press ENTER.

Using Start Values in the Central Directory

While working with the central directory administration, you may notice several deviations from the regular Con-nect screen. For example, in the upper left corner the current time and immediately below that the name of the central directory you are currently administrating are displayed. In the upper right corner the current date and name of the program are displayed.

The "Position to" field, normally used with Con-nect to scroll through a list of objects, has been replaced with a field such as the following "*_______". This field can be used to enter a start value to reposition the displayed list. It can also be used to specify a display criterion. For example, if you want to display all addressees of type Name from Con-nect node BOSTON, you would enter the following and press ENTER:

  14:53                 * * *  C O N - N E C T  3  * * *                14/02/94
  CD Name DAEFCOC           Address Data Maintenance                      OCAP30
                                                                      More:  +
  Cmd  Node     Addressee                        Mail ID  Type     Status
       BOSTON__ ________________________________          Name____ *_______
   __  DALLAS   Hinkmann,Andreas                 AH       Name     Modified
   __  DALLAS   Beechman,Andy                    AB       Name     Modified
   __  DALLAS   AB                               AB       Priv.Cab Hold
   __  DALLAS   CONFVM                           CONFVM   Priv.Cab Modified
   __  DALLAS   LS                               LS       Priv.Cab Modified

The resulting list would display all addresses of addressee type Name originating from node BOSTON, as shown below:

  08:56                    * * *  C O N - N E C T  3  * * *             14/02/94
  CD Name DAEFCOC           Address Data Maintenance                      OCAP30
                                                                      More:  +
  Cmd  Node     Addressee                        Mail ID  Type     Status
       BOSTON_ *_______________________________           Name____ *_______
   __  BOSTON   Fife,Andy                        AF       Name     Modified
   __  BOSTON   Burke,Martin                     Burke    Name     Modified
   __  BOSTON   Gilly,Cal                        CG       Name     New
   __  BOSTON   Gumbert,Dave                     DG       Name     Deleted
   __  BOSTON   Hill,Jill                        JI       Name     New
   __  BOSTON   OBrien,Ian                       IO       Name     Modified

The following start values can be used:

X < Display all items equal to and less than this character. This means, if you specify C< in the Addressee column, addressees whose mail ID begins with A through C will be displayed.
X > Display all items equal to and greater than this character. This means, if you specify C> in the Addressee column, addressees whose mail ID begins with C through Z will be displayed.
X * Display all items beginning with this character. This means, if you specify C* in the Addressee column, addressees whose mail ID begins with C will be displayed.

Note:
The complete node name must always be specified when entering a value in the Addressee column.

Issuing a Command

You now have the option of issuing commands which have been assigned PF-keys by either pressing the PF-key, or entering the command in the command line, as shown below.

  


  Cmd(s): Modify, Display, Erase
 Mark with unique letters from the list shown below
  Command ===>
 Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12-
       Help        Exit  Add         Flip         +                      Canc

Note:
Although this section refers to the PF-keys, keep in mind that you can also issue the same commands in the command line.

Additionally, PF3 is now used not only to exit from the current screen but to also save any modifications you may have made, while PF12 is used to exit and ignore any modifications you may have made.