NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

Before You Start
An NCL Tutorial
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Before You Start Let us begin at the beginning. Before you can write anything in NCL, there are a
couple of important things you should check:
1. You must be able to log on to your NonStop NET/MASTER Management Services
(MS) system.
You must have a user ID definition record in User ID Management Services
(UMS). It must have a valid user ID and password. You must know how to log
on to your NonStop NET/MASTER MS system.
If you do not have a user ID definition record, refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER
MS System Management Guide or contact your system manager for assistance. If
you do not know how to log on to your NonStop NET/MASTER MS system, refer
to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS Operator’s Guide for step-by-step instructions.
2. You must be able to use Edit Services.
Your user ID definition record in UMS must give you the authority to select Edit
Services from the NonStop NET/MASTER MS primary menu. You must know
how to choose options from a menu. The editor used by Edit Services is PS Text
Edit (TEDIT); you must know how to use TEDIT.
If your user ID definition record does not give you the authority to select Edit
Services, refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS System Management Guide or
contact your system manager for assistance. Refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER
MS Operator’s Guide for information on using Edit Services. If you do not know
how to use TEDIT, refer to the PS Text Edit and PS Text Format User’s Guide and the
PS Text Edit Reference Manual.
Note If you do not have the authority to select Edit Services from the NonStop NET/MASTER MS primary
menu, you cannot use the EDIT command to invoke Edit Services. Refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER
MS Operator’s Guide for information on using the EDIT command. The complete syntax of the EDIT
command is described in the NonStop NET/MASTER MS Command Reference Manual.
3. You must be able to use Operator Control Services (OCS).
Your user ID definition record in UMS must give you the authority to select OCS
from the NonStop NET/MASTER MS primary menu. You must know how to
enter NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands from the OCS command input line.
If your user ID definition record does not give you the authority to select OCS,
refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS System Management Guide or contact your
system manager for assistance. If you do not know how to enter NonStop
NET/MASTER MS commands from the OCS command input line, refer to the
NonStop NET/MASTER MS Operator’s Guide for details.