We refer to different views of data as the display mode. File Manager® DB2 editor provides three different display modes for DB2 data:
Formatted/Table mode displays records in a table using a specified template or copybook. Each column in the table represents a field within the currently selected layout of the template being applied for the current edit session. This mode allows the user to view and manipulate records in a formatted manner. The typical usage of the formatted display mode is to manipulate binary data of types which are difficult to manipulate by hand.
Formatted/Table mode |
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Single mode view allows you to edit and view one record at a time in DB2 Single Mode (formatted according to the current template layout). The Single mode display is implemented as a view in Eclipse. You can open the view by selecting Window --> Show View --> Other.... Then select Single Mode Editor under the File Manager category.
The contents of the Single mode editor is populated based on the selection in the File Manager® DB2 editor. If you have multiple edit sessions opened, then the currently active/selected editor's record will be shown in the view. Using the view, the user can modify the values of the currently selected record.
Using the controls provided at the top of the Single mode view, you can navigate to a record before/after the currently selected record. When you are editing a DB2 object, then DB2 Single Mode should be selected in the view.
DB2 Single Mode Display |
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This mode displays records in a table using a specified template or copybook. Like Formatted table mode, each column in the table represents a field within the currently selected layout of the template being applied for the current edit session.
This mode allows the user to do block copy/paste contents on the same or different table.
Block Copy: Block selection can be a continuous or discontinuous selection. i.e: the user can use either the SHIFT or CTRL keys to select multiple cells. The user can also select the entire column by clicking the column header.
The copied contents are available for the Block Paste action.
Block Paste: Copied block content can be pasted in the same table or a different table.
System Copy/Paste: The user can also copy the block selection using CTRL+C and paste the content in other applications using CTRL+V.
Advanced Formatted Table mode |
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In this figure you can find that, unlike default Formatted Table mode, there are very specific actions that have been enabled. Furthermore, editing the field value, context menu options, and navigation bar actions are disabled in this mode. |
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Moreover, Hex ON mode is not supported in the Advanced table mode. When the user tries to switch to Advanced table mode when HEX mode is ON, the warning dialog shown below will be displayed. If the user confirms to switch modes, then the HEX mode will be set to OFF automatically before switching to new mode. |
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