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BROWSE—browse a data set z/OS ISPF Services Guide SC19-3626-00 |
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The BROWSE service provides an interface to the Browse function and bypasses the display of the View Entry Panel. For a complete description of the Browse function see the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II. The BROWSE service allows you to use a customized panel for displaying data. Panel ISRBROB should be used as a model for your customized panel. You can also use the BROWSE service recursively, either through nested dialogs or by entering a BROWSE command while browsing. BROWSE allows you to browse up to a maximum of 99,999,999 records. BROWSE can be used to look at any ISPF library, concatenation of ISPF libraries, or data set that can be allocated by using the LMINIT service. However, it cannot be used by a PL/I main program that also uses subtasking. The BRIF service allows you to browse data types not supported by ISPF. Command invocation format>>-ISPEXEC--BROWSE--DATASET(dsname)--+----------------+---------> '-VOLUME(serial)-' >--+----------------------+--+-------------------+--------------> '-PASSWORD(pswd-value)-' '-PANEL(panel-name)-' >--+---------------------+--+------------------+--------------->< '-FORMAT(format-name)-' | .-NO--. | '-MIXED(-+-----+-)-' '-YES-' or >>-ISPEXEC--BROWSE--DATAID(data-id)--+---------------------+----> '-MEMBER(member-name)-' >--+-------------------+--+---------------------+---------------> '-PANEL(panel-name)-' '-FORMAT(format-name)-' >--+------------------+---------------------------------------->< | .-NO--. | '-MIXED(-+-----+-)-' '-YES-' or >>-ISPEXEC--BROWSE--FILE(file-var)--+-------------------+-------> '-PANEL(panel-name)-' >--+---------------------+--+------------------+----------------> '-FORMAT(format-name)-' | .-NO--. | '-MIXED(-+-----+-)-' '-YES-' >--+-----------------+----------------------------------------->< '-RECLEN(rec-len)-' Call invocation format>>-CALL--ISPLINK--('BROWSEbb'--,--+--------+--,-+-serial-+------> '-dsname-' '-'b'----' >--,-+-pswd-value-+--,-+-panel-name-+--,--+---------+-----------> '-'b'--------' '-'b'--------' '-data-id-' .-'NObbbbbb'-. >--,-+-member-name-+--,-+-format-name-+--,-+-'b'--------+--,----> '-'b'---------' '-'b'---------' '-'YESbbbbb'-' >--+----------+--,-+-rec-len-+-;------------------------------->< '-file-var-' '-'b'-----' or >>-CALL--ISPEXEC--(buf-len,--buffer);-------------------------->< Parameters
Return codesThese return codes are possible:
ExampleThe first examples invoke the BROWSE service to give you a member list of all members beginning with ‘TEL’. A member name can be selected from this member list. The second example invokes the BROWSE service for z/OS UNIX file /u/user1/filea. Command invocation
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or Set the program variable BUFFER to contain:
Set the program variable BUFLEN to the length of the variable BUFFER.
Enter the command:
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