FE (Find Error) primary command

The FE (Find Error) primary command finds the next occurrence of a field in error in the data being edited or browsed.

Syntax


1 FE? SEGment(segment-name)
1! SCOPE
1 Db
1 Rec
1 DEPendent
1! NEXT
1 FIRST
3?  #field
segment-name
The name of the segment type to which the search is limited. If the SEGMENT operand is not specified, then all segment types are searched.
SCOPE
Search range is the current scope.
DB
Search the entire database.
REC
Search is restricted to the current database record.
DEPENDENT
Search is restricted to the dependents of the current segment.
NEXT
The search starts at the current cursor location and proceeds forward to find the next occurrence of a not allowed value.
FIRST
The search starts at the top of the sliding window and proceeds forward to the first occurrence of a not allowed value.
#field
A field reference, specifying the field to be included in the search. For example: #3.

FE finds field values that do not conform to the appropriate COBOL or PL/I PICTURE clause. For numeric fields, any value that does not conform to the field's data type is not allowed.

FE finds not allowed values in currently formatted segments or shadow segments, regardless of the current format.

Availability

  • FE is only active when you are using a view.