AUTOSAVE primary command (Edit only)

Syntax

1 AUTosave
1! ON
1 OFF

ON

When AUTOSAVE is on, FM/IMS increments a count by 1 each time you press an action key (for example, Enter, a scroll key such as F8 or F7, and so on) and data changes have been requested. Editing changes are automatically committed to the database when the value of the counter reaches the value specified in the Edit Checkpoint Frequency field on the DLI Mode Options panel (option 0.6.4) or on the BMP Mode Options panel (option 0.7.2), or when the number of changes resulting from a CHANGE ALL command reaches the value specified in the Change All Checkpoint Frequency field.

OFF

Editing changes are saved in memory as you work, but are not committed to the database until you issue a SAVE command, or exit from the Database Positioning panel, or until the buffers become full.

AUTOSAVE ON or OFF can be set in DLI Mode Options panel (option 0.6.4) or in the BMP Mode Options panel (option 0.7.2). and in the installation macro FMN1POPI.