Working with File Manager
- File Manager overview
- Getting started with File Manager
- Viewing and changing data sets
  To view data stored in a supported data set, use the View Utility or the Edit Utility.
- Creating and editing templates
  For many tasks performed with File Manager, you can manipulate your view of a data set by applying a template.
- Working with the Template List
  Display a list of templates and perform actions on them.
- Filtering records with templates
- Managing data sets
- Using File Manager utilities
  - Managing catalog entries
    To manage your catalog entries from within File Manager, you can use the Catalog Services Utility.
  - Displaying a Volume Table of Contents (VTOC)
  - Browsing AFP Print documents
    - AFP Print Browse primary commands
  - Browsing your user storage
  - Viewing load module information
    Use View Load Module to display or print a list of the symbols in a load module (or program object).
  - Working with WebSphere® MQ
    You can access WebSphere® MQ queues on the z/OS® system where File Manager is running.
- Tape Specific Functions
- Disk/VSAM Data Functions
- OAM Functions
- Using UNIX™ System Services and the Hierarchical File System
- Introduction to programming with File Manager functions
- Enhancing File Manager processing
  You can enhance normal processing of a number of File Manager tasks by supplying a procedure that runs in conjunction with the File Manager process.
- Redefines criteria
  Redefines criteria can be specified for a field with a REDEFINES clause, or a field that is the target of a REDEFINES clause.
- Enhanced ISPF: Reference List, Search, Change, and PDSE Workbench
  File Manager provides several enhancements to the basic facilities that are available in an ISPF session: Enhanced Reference List, Enhanced Search, Enhanced Change, and PDSE Workbench.
- File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
  File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Function and panel reference lists

Browsing AFP Print documents

AFP Print Browse provides a formatted display of an Advanced Function Printing (LIST3820) document. For File Manager to be able to process the AFP file, it must have undergone the final processing performed by ACIF or a similar product. In particular, the file must contain the following records:

begin document 'd3a8a8'x,
begin multifunc overlay 'd3a8df'x,
begin image block 'd3a87b'x
presentation text 'd3ee9b'x

File Manager formats any readable text using the embedded position information and stores it in a temporary file. Graphical data is not included.

When you select the AFP Print Browse option, the AFP Print Browse panel shown in Figure 1 is displayed.

You can specify the range of pages to be formatted and change the viewing size for better formatting results.

You can also use the FIND primary command to find the next occurrence of a character string. For example, FIND MISPELL finds the next occurrence of “mispell” in the LIST3820 document.

The formatted data is displayed with additional page separator lines. You can use scroll commands (see Scrolling to see data) and step from page to page through the document.

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