Before you begin, you must complete Exercise 6.4: Creating a user action.
The Command entry is part of the Remote Systems view.
To run a command:
- Check if you have an iSeries Table View tab in the bottom right
pane where your command log appeared in the previous exercise.
- If you have it, click on it.
- If you don't have it:
- In the Remote Systems view, right-click My source files
filter.
- Click Show in table on the pop-up menu.
As you have seen already you can now run commands on the iSeries server
that the table is connected to. You can enter commands in the Commands
field beneath the iSeries Table view, and view messages in the Messages
field. You can enter a command and click either Prompt to specify
parameters and then Run, or just click Run. When you run a command, the
Messages field is populated with the messages from the command. When
you select a message, the Details button is enabled. When you click
this button, the message and its help is displayed.
- Type an iSeries command, for example ?ADDLIBLE.

The question mark is there to display a prompt screen.
Instead of specifying a question mark you could use the Prompt
push button.
- Click Run.
The Command Prompt window for the ADDLIBLE command opens.
- In the Library field, type RSELAB00 and click
OK.

That will add this library to the library list of your Remote System
Explorer job on the iSeries server.
- Note:
- You may need to add a different library if the library RSELAB00 does not
exist on your iSeries system.
The messages field will confirm the successful completion of this
command. To get to the command history, similar to F9 on the 5250
screen, select the appropriate value from the Command list (down
arrow beside the Messages field.

You could also use the iSeries Commands subsystem in the Remote Systems view
underneath the iSeries Objects subsystem and run predefined commands or define
your own commands.
You have run an OS/400 command from the iSeries Table view.
Now you are ready to review your knowledge of this module by taking the
quiz. You can also apply what you have learned in this module by
completing the practice tasks detailed in More practice.
Quiz
- The Remote System Explorer is replacing what ADTS tool:
- Page Designer
- CODE Designer
- Screen Design Aid
- Program Development Manager
- __________ filters list a set of libraries from your iSeries system in the
Remote Systems view.
- Object
- Member
- Library
- Job
- Filters allow you to easily organize elements within your system.
You use the filter function to list iSeries native file system objects (such
as libraries, objects, or members). (T, F)
- Expanding Work with Libraries corresponds to the _________ command.
- WRKOBJPDM
- WRKLIBPDM
- WRKMEMPDM
- All of the above
- You can create filters for all connections or for a specific
connection. (T, F)
- You give your filters a specific name because the Remote System Explorer
saves them for future use, unlike PDM, which does not save filters. (T,
F)
- __________ filters list a set of objects from your iSeries host in the
Remote Systems view.
- Job
- IFS
- Object
- Member
- Library
- If you end up with too many filters, you can create filter pools.
(T F)
- Filters can be specified for non iSeries servers and your local
system. (T, F)
- User actions can be defined for:
- iSeries libraries
- iSeries objects
- iSeries members
- iSeries jobs
- files and folders in any remote UNIX, Windows, Linux, Local or IFS system
- All of the above
- You can specify a restriction on a user action. (T, F)
- You can run OS/400 commands from the:
- iSeries Table View
- iSeries Commands Log
- Tasks view
- iSeries Error List
- a and b
- All of the above
More practice
Given your own libraries on your iSeries system, create a member filter and
a job filter. Then move libraries up, down and within your library
list. Finally create a filter pool. Use the Development Studio
Client for iSeries online help to assist you in these tasks.
Recap
You have completed Module 6: Exploring Remote System Explorer. You have learned how to:
- Know the features of Remote System Explorer
- Create a filter to show specific iSeries libraries
- Change the filter to add more iSeries libraries
- Create a filter to show all the source files in a library
- Access members to edit from your filter
- Create a user action that copies a source file with data to a new source
file in the same library
- Specify user action parameters
- Specify a restriction on a user action
- Try the user action
- Run an OS/400 command from the iSeries Table view
Now that you know how to create filters and actions to manage your iSeries
objects you can learn how to visually design screens. Continue with Module 7. Designing screens.
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