The Media selection fields are used to limit the media displayed in the media list to a certain user or name specification. For instance if you only want to display media that started with the letters SM you would enter SM* in the Include field. See Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-4 Media selection fields

The Include field is used to designate what media name specification will be included in the list. Wildcard specifications are acceptable in this field.

The Exclude field is used to designate what media name specification will be excluded from the list. Wildcard specifications are acceptable in this field.

4.1.3 Using the Search controls

The [Search controls...] button allows you to use even more criteria to determine what media are displayed in the media list. In order to use the search controls, click on the Search controls... button. See Figure 4-5.

Figure 4-5 Search controls

The fields in the Search controls... dialog box all apply to an attribute of media in the media list. For instance, if you want the list to only include media in the available pool, you would select the Available option from the Pool drop down menu. Available search controls are:

Field	Description
Username	User name to be used in the search criteria
Type	Specifies the base TYPE category to be selected for the list
Location	The rack or bin of the media to be selected for the list
Density	The recording density of the tapes in the list
Comment	Any text data that is in the comment field
Pool	The pool to which the medium is assigned
Since	A date field indicating the earliest date of media to be search for inclusion in the list
Before	A date field indicating the latest date of media to be search for inclusion in the list

After entering the desired inclusion criterion, click on the [Filter] button to filter the media list according to the selections.

4.1.4 Using the Display controls

A user may also wish to display more information about the media displayed in the display window. For instance, while Alias name and Username may be enough information for some users, others may need to see the Protection and Pool location of the media in the list. In fact, there are many attributes of media data that can be displayed in the columns of the list. See Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6 Media Display Controls

The Display controls... are used to determine which media attributes are to be displayed in the columns of the media list. In order to display the Media Selection Display Controls click on the Display controls... button on the main window.

The Media Selection Display Controls window will appear. There are two methods for designating what data is displayed in the media list. The Select pre defined format drop down provides several predefined display schemes for the media list. The other method is to select the data to be displayed from the buttons in the dialog box.

4.1.5 Common MEDIA buttons

Some buttons that appear throughout the MEDIA dialog boxes with some regularity are described in this section.

[Media list...] - Displays a recap of the media selected for a media operation.
[Submit job...] - Submits the selected medium to the job associated with it.
[View log...] - View the log file associated with the job submitted.
[Display contents...] - Displays the contents of the selected media when working in the header display and modify operations.
[Next] and [Prev] - Cycle through the media that are selected in the media list.

4.2 Menu operations

• Controls - The Controls menu is used to set up aspects of the MEDIA program that will apply throughout. For instance, the Selection lists... menu allows you to designate the lists that will appear throughout MEDIA when selecting such things as media density and onsite locations. The controls can be saved and will be recalled when restarting MEDIA.
• Operations - The Operations menu is used to perform the majority of media operations on the selected media. It is similar to the menu that appears when double clicking on a medium. Media operations include displaying and modifying various aspects of media headers, displaying media contents and assigning and releasing media.
• Offsite - The Offsite menu is used to perform operations on media that are designated as offsite. This includes setting the send date, setting the return date and marking media as returned.
• Utilities - The Utilities menu is for operations not directly related to the selections in the media list. This includes adding and cataloging new media and creating header and contents reports.
• Help - The Help menu is used to access online help pertaining to MEDIA.

The menus are described in detail in the following sections.

4.3 Controls menu

The Confirm/Log menu selection is used to determine whether certain operations require confirmation and/or are logged in a log file.

If a radio button is selected under the Confirm column, a confirmation message will need to be approved before the corresponding operation can take place. If a radio button is selected under the Log column, a log file will be created and displayed, indicating the operation was completed.

The operations that may be confirmed and/or logged are:

Operation	Description
Add new	Confirm and/or log when new media is added.
Assign	Confirm and/or log when media is assigned to a user.
Catalog	Confirm and/or log when media is catalogued.
Delete	Confirm and/or log when media is being deleted.
Release	Confirm and/or log when media is placed in the released pool.
Return date	Confirm and/or log when media return date is set.
Reuse	Confirm and/or log when a reuse operation is requested.
Send date	Confirm and/or log when a send date is set.
Submit update	Confirm and/or log when an update is submitted.

4.3.2 Selection lists...

The Selection lists... menu item is used to establish the lists that appear throughout the program when selection from a list is required. For instance several dialog boxes offer selections from a list of offsite locations. The defaults that appear in the list can be set using the Selection lists... menu. The figure illustrates an example of a selection list of available print queues.

The procedure for adding to a selection list is to first enter the selection in the Entry field on the top of the dialog box. Left-click on a place in the list you would like the new selection to appear. If you want to add the selection into the list at this location, left-click the [Add] button. If you want the selection to replace the selection you have chosen, left-click the [Replace] button. If you want to simply delete the selection in the list, left-click the [Delete] button.

The selection lists that can be created are as follows:

Data	Description
Print queues	Create the list that will appear whenever a print queue selection is needed.
Colors	Create the list of colors that will appear when adjusting the interface colors.
Batch queues	Create the list that will appear whenever a Batch queue selection is needed.
Media densities	Create the list that will appear whenever a media density selection is needed.
Media capacities	Create the list that will appear whenever a media capacity selection is needed.
Onsite locations	Create the list that will appear whenever an onsite location selection is needed.
Offsite locations	Create the list that will appear whenever an offsite location selection is needed.

If desired a list may be printed by selecting the [Print...] button. Select the [Save] button to save the selections.

4.3.3 Print controls...

The default Print controls are set up by selecting Print controls... from the Controls menu. The Print controls are described in Table 4-1.

Figure 4-7 Print controls

Table 4-1 Print controls

Field	Description
Form name	This is the name of the form to be used in printing the report.
Job name in queue	This defines the job name that is to be assigned this report generation job when it is in the print execution queue. This name will only appear when you use the VMS command SHOW ENTRY or SHOW QUEUE. By default, this name is the same as the report name.
Queue characteristic	This is a single known characteristic name that is to be associated with the job when it is printed. Characteristics are arbitrary attributes that can be assigned to job queues. A job will only execute in a queue with matching characteristics.
First page note	This is the note that will be printed on the banner page.
Printer queue name	This defines what print queue the report generation job is to be placed in for execution. This can be either a generic or node specific execution queue. The default, if none has been defined either implicitly or explicitly, is SYS$PRINT.
Print after	This is the time when the job, pending in the print queue, will be executed.
Queue priority	This specifies what queue priority to assign this job when it is inserted into the print queue for execution. A non-privileged user is limited to a maximum value that is controlled by the AUTHORIZE program and/or the SYSGEN parameter MAXQUEPRI. The priority is NOT the execution priority but strictly the priority used to order jobs in the batch execution queue while they are waiting to start.
Number of copies	This is the number of reports to be printed.
Action flags	The following flags are set to perform the specified actions: [Hold job in queue -] Place the job in the PENDING state on entering into the print queue. [Delete file after printing -] Delete the report file after printing. [Notify user when done -] Notify you, by beep and message, when the printing of report is completed. [Insert form feeds -] Insert form feeds into report. [Data contains lowercase -] Note that some characters in the report are lowercase. [Print burst page -] Print burst page at beginning of report. [Print flag page -] Print flag page at beginning of report. [Print trailer page -] Print trailer page at end of report.

Fill in the default Print controls and left-click the [Apply] button to save the defaults.

4.3.4 Color controls...

The Color controls menu selection is used to change the colors DISPLAYed within the MOTIF Work Center . In order to change the form colors, select Color controls... from the Controls menu.

The following form will appear:

Figure 4-8 Color controls

There are four aspects of the interface controls that may be changed. These are:

Table 4-2 Interface categories

Field	Description
Text	The color of the text within each of the controls
Background	The color of the form behind the foreground text
Top shadow	The color of the shadow in the upper edge of objects
Bottom shadow	The color of the shadow in the lower edge of objects

The interface controls that can be changed are as follows:

Table 4-3 Interface controls

Field	Description
General	The color of any non-specific regions not designated by the other entries.
Data entry	Data entry fields.
Action button	A button intended to perform a specific action
Choice and Compose button	The color of any [Choice] or [Compose] buttons.
Cancel button	The color of any [Cancel] buttons.
Help button	The color of the [Help] buttons.
OK and Close buttons	The color of any [OK] and [Close] buttons.
Selection list	The color of selection list background and text.
Menu	The color of menus throughout.
Scroll bar trough	The color of all scroll bar troughs.

Select [Apply] to see if the colors are acceptable. Select [Reset] to reset to the colors you started with. Select [Default] to bring up the default color schemes.