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Main Menu Function Keys Table 7-1 show the function keys available from this menu and the action taken when
you press the function key:
Table 7-1. Main Menu Function Keys
Function
Key
Description Action
F1 CONFIGURE Conversion
Environment
Displays a screen where you can specify the names of
files for Data Build to use during a conversion project.
A conversion project produces a COBOL85 conversion
program and converts one or more input data files.
F2 BUILD Data Definitions &
Run DDL Compiler
Builds a DDL file that defines the input and output
records for use in the COBOL85 conversion program.
The DDL file is built from information in the Source
Record Descriptions file.
F3 GENERATE Conversion
Procedures, Compile &
Execute
Creates a file of conversion procedures that includes
the code to convert each input field. The conversion for
each field is based on its data type as specified in the
Source Record Descriptions file.
F4 CREATE Conversion
Program & Compile
Creates a COBOL85 conversion program that reads
data from and writes data to files specified in the F1
screen. The program uses an input and output record
structure specified by the DDL created by the F2 action
and converts the data using the conversion procedures
specified by the F3 action.
F5 RUN Data Conversion
Program
Runs the COBOL85 conversion program.
F8 DDL Runs the DDL compiler.
F9 FUP Runs the File Utility Program (FUP).
F10 EDIT Runs the EDIT or TEDIT program. Runs the EDIT
program by default; if modified on the F1 screen, runs
the TEDIT program.
F11 SQLCI Runs the SQLCI program.
F12 PERUSE Runs the PERUSE program.
SF16 EXIT Exits Data Build.