Summary of changes
June 2025, changes for V16R1M1
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 16 Release 1
Modification Level 1. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous
release.
- A new option, F5 Clear, has been added to the Enhanced Search Command panel to clear all fields on the panel. See Enhanced Search command panel for an example.
- You can now select to use an auxiliary data set when viewing a large non-VSAM data set that does not fit into memory. See the new edit option in Editor Options panel.
- A new option, "MLIST" has been added to both the List and Search Options panel and the Report View Options panel. Select this option to produce an ISPF member list for up to 16 data set names referenced in the current view or edit session. See Using F4 from the command line and Using F4 for enhanced search report filtering commands for more information.
December 2024, changes for V16R1M0 (refresh)
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 16 Release 1
Modification Level 0. It is a refresh of Version 16.1.0 and contains the following
changes:
- A new processing option, "Start", has been added to the menu panels for the enhanced search report. Select this processing option to start applicable options in another ISPF session. See Using F4 from any edit or view session when positioned on a string or word and Using F4 for enhanced search report filtering commands for more information about the options that support the "Start" option.
- FM/Db2 GEN line command support for Db2 V13 FL505.
October 2024, changes for V16R1M0 First Edition
This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager
Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 0. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous
release.
- Auto detect for compiler languages now supports Assembler and is more efficient. See "Auto detect" in Selecting your compiler language.
- New keywords for the File Manager DEFV function to produce VSAM define statements for Data, Index, and Catalog names in addition to supporting alternate Index, Path, and GDG data sets. See DEFV (Define VSAM Statements) for the syntax and details.