cDSCHEDULE Automated Job Submission System Guide and Reference �ManualD

SCHEDULE
Automated Job Submission System
Guide and Reference Manual


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FThe "*" at the beginning of the first line indicates that this is the Dcoded phrase. The "=" at the beginning of the second line indicates Dthat this is the equivalent line. These two symbols must be left in place.H

C.2 Help text



EHelp text for the SCHEDULE and the MCL Systems are 7contained in VMS standard help libraries. Each of theseHfiles can be modified by just extracting the text and replacing it with Fthe text you required. The help libraries can be located by using the following commands.

 

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 "$ DIRECTORY MCL_LIBRARY:*.HLB (1)  '$ DIRECTORY SCHEDULE_LIBRARY:*.HLB (2)  



H(1) Help information for the Interrupt Menu and other base MCL Emenus and forms come from this file. (2) All SCHEDULE menus 1and forms obtain help information from this file.

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Appendix D
Edit Strings



FEdit strings can be specified in various parts of the REPORT Fsystem. The standard edit string elements are listed below. There are #three basic types of edit operands:

    
  1. Numeric fields
  2. Alphanumeric fields
  3. Date fields


EEach type has its own edit string elements. To repeat an edit string ?element, append to the string element character. the number of Ginstances of that character, with the number bracketed by parentheses. GFor example, to print an alphanumeric field of 5 characters use "X(5)" Dinstead of "XXXXX". The various types are detailed in the following charts. ) &                                                  
Numeric String Description
 9 G Each 9 is replaced with a digit 0 through 9. The number is right , justified and leading zeros are added.
 Z L If a Z matches a leading zero in the field's contents, it is replaced B by a space. If not, it is replaced with a digit 0 through 9.
 + H A plus sign is replaced by either a plus sign if the contents are M positive or a minus sign if it is negative. If more than one plus sign H is placed leftmost, any leading zeros are suppressed and the sign  floats over to the right.
 L J A L placed at the left of an edit string will cause the field to be  left justified.
 - F A minus sign is replace with a blank if the fields contents are J positive and a minus sign if it is negative. If more then one minus M sign is placed leftmost, any leading zeros are suppressed and the sign  floats over to the right.
 . M A period represents the decimal point placement. It is replaced by the L current radix point symbol. A period is the default radix symbol. The L radix symbol is defined by the logical name SYS$RADIX_POINT. Put only , one decimal point in a numeric string.
 , D A comma is the digit separator. If all digits at the left are M suppressed zeros, then the comma is replaced by blank. Otherwise it is G replaced with the current digit separator symbol. A comma is the L default digit separator. The digit separator symbol is defined by the ! logical name SYS$DIGIT_SEP.
 B ; The letter B is replaced by a blank at that position.
 $ K A $ is replaced by the current currency symbol. The default currency F symbol is $. The currency symbol is defined by the logical name M SYS$CURRENCY. If more than one currency symbol is placed leftmost, any K leading zeros are suppressed and the symbol floats over to the right.
 CR L If the field's contents are negative, the letters CR are inserted. In - all other cases, 2 blanks are inserted.
 DB L If the field's contents are negative, the letters DB are inserted. In - all other cases, 2 blanks are inserted.
 W # Force a period decimal point.
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Alphanumeric String Description
 A C Each A is replaced by an alphabetic character or an asterisk.
 9 @ Each 9 is replaced by an numeric character or an asterisk.
 B $ Each B is replaced by a blank.
 X ( Any alpha character is acceptable.
 T ( Any alpha character is acceptable.
 W N Expand the string until entire input string fits. The increment used is ? the number of W's found. Must be the rightmost characters
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Date String Description
 A E Each A is replaced by an alphabetic character from the field's 9 contents. All others are replaced with an asterisk.
 B ; The letter B is replaced by a blank at that position.
 D M Each D is replaced by the corresponding digit of the day of the month.  DD is recommended.
 E M Each E is replaced by the corresponding digit of the day of the month.  Includes leading blanks.
 F M Each F is replaced by the corresponding digit of the day of the month.  Includes leading zeros.
 J L Each J is replaced by the corresponding digit of the Julian date. JJJ  is recommended.
 L J A L placed at the left of an edit string will cause the field to be  left justified.
 M H Each M is replaced by the corresponding letter of the name of the H month. An edit string of M(9) prints the entire name of the month.
 N F Each N is replaced by a digit of the number of the month. NN is  recommended.
 O M Each O is replaced by a digit of the number of the month. Skip leading blanks.
 Q J Each Q is replaced by a digit of the number of the month. Including  leading zeros.
 P  P for PM. Nothing for AM.
 U & Time of day using 12 hour clock.
 Y K Each Y is replaced by the corresponding digit of numeric year. YY or  YYYY is recommended.
 T N Each T is replaced by a character of the time. The time is displayed as  HH:MM:SS.DD.
 W N Each W is replaced by the corresponding letter from the name of the day 7 of the week. An edit W(9) prints the entire name.
 X M Each X is replaced by one character from the SYS$ASCTIM representation  of the date
 , 0 A comma will be inserted at that position.
 . 1 A period will be inserted at that position.
 - . A dash will be inserted at that position
 / 0 A slash will be inserted at that position.




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