Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.
- In Online Express, define a VSAM call as outlined in the topic
To define a VSAM call in Online Express, but do not qualify the call. Be sure you have an Obtain database action defined in the call.
- Return to the Database Access Summary window.
- On the Database Access Summary window, click the call, then click
Database Access >
Call Tailoring. The Database Call Tailoring Browser window appears.
- On the
Database Actions list, double-click
Obtain. The Database Call Tailoring Editor appears.
- In the
Action field next to the
Before DB Access event, click
Local Code from the drop-down list, and click
Edit Code. The Program Painter appears.
- Write local code to move elementary field values to group-level fields. Online Express automatically executes the local code at this event, before the call executes. For information on writing local code, see
Local Program Code.
- Save the code when complete, and exit the Program Painter.
- Click
Database Access >
Qualification. The Qualification window appears.
- To qualify the key field, click
=
from the
Operator drop-down list, and type the group-level qualification value field in the
Value field.
Note: As an alternative to steps
5 and
6, at the
Before DB Access event you can execute global code or invoke a User Rule. See
Global Program Code and
User-Defined Rules for more information.
