Environmental similarities

In many aspects the QMF session environment is the same no matter which NLF is in operation. The most important similarities are:

Capabilities

In general, you can do anything in an NLF session that you can do in an English-language session. You can create and save all the temporary storage objects, format and print reports, and issue SQL commands. You can also run Prompted Query, SQL and QBE queries, and QMF procedures. The difference between the English and NLF environments lies not in what you can do, but in what you must enter at your terminal to get it done and what languages you see on your terminal screen.

SQL and QBE

The verbs, operators, and keywords of the SQL and QBE languages are not translated.

Usage codes for forms

These are identical; they are not translated.

System commands

CMS, TSO, or CICS and ISPF commands can still be issued from QMF through QMF's CMS, TSO, or CICS command. This command is unaffected by translation: you enter CMS, TSO, or CICS followed by the command to be run, and write the command exactly as you would if you were running it outside of QMF.