Summary of changes

October 2026, changes for V17R1M0

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 17 Release 1 Modification Level 0. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release:

Added new topic SHOWPLI primary command to document how to display information about the PL/I compiler currently being used by File Manager.
Added a new feature to the File Manager User's Guide and Reference that allows users to use the SHOWPLI command to identify the PL/I compiler currently used by File Manager. See topic Checking which PL/I compiler you are using.

June 2026, changes for V16R1M4

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 4. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

February 2026, changes for V16R1M3

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 3. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

October 2025, changes for V16R1M2

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 2. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release:

Regular expressions are now supported in all View and Edit sessions when specifying a search string for FIND, CHANGE, and EXCLUDE primary commands. For more information on specifying regular expression strings, see:

June 2025, changes for V16R1M1

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 1. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

October 2024, changes for V16R1 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.

A new option has been added to the Editor Options panel, Show nullable column indicators, so that FM/Db2 displays an indicator for columns with nullable status. See Editor Options (4 of 8) panel for more details. For example output, see Table Edit panel, Table Browse panel, and Table View panel.
Enhancement of SQL prototyping. See Basic SELECT Prototyping panel.
Added support for simple comments in SQL statement execution. See Enter, Execute and Explain SQL Statements panel.