This facility enables you or a group of users to create up to 64 pages of site-specific information.
If you select the SI function from the utilities menu, the User Site Info System menu is displayed, showing an overview of all defined items, for example:
COMINF0017-* Enter M(odify), S(how),or P(urge) or press PF5 to add a new entry
14:38:49 TID 8 COMTEST User SAG 24.04.07
Page 1 --- Site Information --- UNFO
Language 1
Sel Info-item........... C/* Userid.. Sel Info-item........... C/* Userid..
BROADCAST
T01
T02
T03
T04
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
End New fwd
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Meaning of the fields according to column headers:
| Column | Meaning | |||||||
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| Sel | Input field for information item maintenance. Possible input values: | |||||||
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| Info-item | Name or short description (up to 20 characters) of the information item. | |||||||
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| Userid | Displays the user ID of the user who added/modified the item using the asterisk option (*) in the C/* field. |
If you select M or S the next screen has e.g. the following format:
14:43:48 TID 8 COMTEST User SAG 24.04.07
Item: Broadcast Update by C/* : User: UNF1
> W e l c o m e t o t h e <
> <
> w o n d e r f u l w o r l d o f <
> <
> CCCCC OOOOO MM MM PPPPP LL EEEEEEE TTTTTTTT EEEEEEE <
> CCCCCCC OOOOOOO MM MMM MM PPPPPP LL EEEEEEE TTTTTTTT EEEEEEE <
> CC OO OO MM M MM PP PP LL EE TT EE <
> CC OO OO MM MM ****** PPPPPP LL EEEEE TT EEEEE <
> CC OO OO MM MM ****** PPPPP LL EEEEE TT EEEEE <
> CC OO OO MM MM PP LL EE TT EE <
> CCCCCCC OOOOOOO MM MM PP LLLLLLL EEEEEEE TT EEEEEEE <
> CCCCC OOOOO MM MM PP LLLLLLL EEEEEEE TT EEEEEEE <
> <
> <
> <
> >>> Version 6.6.1 <<< <
> <
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
End Updat New Purge Quit
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The meaning of the fields is the same as above.
- Add New Item
Press on the Site Information menu. An empty info map will be displayed. An input on the item field and the screen rows of the empty map is required. When you have completed the input, press to add the item. Now you can modify the item data and/or the screen or add more screens by pressing .
- Display Info Item
When you use the S option to display an information item, the item is displayed in read mode.
To return to the item overview, press either or ;
To exit to COM-PASS directly from the item display screen, press .
- Modify Info Item
When you select the M option on the first screen, you can change any of the items or screen data if you are authorized to do so (see above). The text editor recognizes the following two special editing commands:
">" (greater than sign) in the first modifiable column of a line inserts a blank line before that line;
"?" (question mark) in the first modifiable column of a line deletes that line.
Once you have completed all changes, press to save the modified data.
You can also
Press / to browse through a sequence of screens. At the end of such a sequence you can add new screens.
Press to delete the actual screen from a screen sequence. If you are on the first screen of a sequence, the whole sequence is purged (this is the same as entering P on the overview menu).
Press or to return to the overview menu.
Press to return directly to COM-PASS.
- BROADCAST Info
If you name an information item BROADCAST, the logon broadcasting mechanism is automatically activated, which causes the information in this item to be displayed along with the 'Logon Successful' message whenever any user logs on.
You can use this facility to display system-wide information of interest to all users. An example of a broadcast screen is shown in the following figure:
13:56:30 TID 6 COM-6.6. User SAG 24/04/07 --- User site info system --- UNF1 > < > W e l c o m e t o t h e < > < > w o n d e r f u l w o r l d o f < > < > CCCCC OOOOO MM MM PPPPP LL EEEEEEE TTTTTTTT EEEEEEE < > CCCCCCC OOOOOOO MM MMM MM PPPPPP LL EEEEEEE TTTTTTTT EEEEEEE < > CC OO OO MM M MM PP PP LL EE TT EE < > CC OO OO MM MM ****** PPPPPP LL EEEEE TT EEEEE < > CC OO OO MM MM ****** PPPPP LL EEEEE TT EEEEE < > CC OO OO MM MM PP LL EE TT EE < > CCCCCCC OOOOOOO MM MM PP LLLLLLL EEEEEEE TT EEEEEEE < > CCCCC OOOOO MM MM PP LLLLLLL EEEEEEE TT EEEEEEE < > < > < > < > >>> Version 6.6.1 <<< < > < Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- End QuitInput from the terminal will only be accepted on the last screen in a sequence.
For VTAM only:
When you create a BROADCAST message, you can use some special characters which you must type in column 75 (the last text column).
@ ('at' sign), which causes the text line to rotate left to right;
# (hash sign), which causes the text line to blink;
$ (dollar sign), which rotates the text line from right to left;
% (percent sign), which causes inverse blinking of the text line.