Choose the Open... menu item to establish an existing CMS library as the current library. The library is automatically inserted into the library search list. When you choose Open..., a dialog box appears, allowing you to specify options for the library to be opened. You can specify multiple libraries to be opened by separating each library with a comma.
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The Open Library dialog box allows you to specify information such as the name of the library to be opened, allows you to verify the opened library, and optionally allows you to specify search list information for the library. It also displays any known libraries you have set up using the Known Libraries... menu item under the Options menu.
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Fill in the Library Directory field with the name of a OpenVMS directory previously defined as a CMS library. The library cannot be your current default directory. The library must already exist. You can specify multiple libraries to be opened by separating each library name with a comma. Wildcards are not allowed.
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The Known Libraries list box contains a list of all the CMS libraries you previously specified (if any) through the Known Libraries... submenu under the Options menu. The Known Libraries list box can contain ten library names. If you click on a library in the list box, the library is placed in the Library Directory field. Double click on the library in the list box to place it in the Library Directory field and open it. If you press the SHIFT key, then click on the library in the list box, the library is appended to any libraries in the Library Directory field. Press the SHIFT key, then double click on the library in the list box to append the library to any libraries in the Library Directory field and open it.
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When the Verify Added Libraries button is activated, CMS performs a normal locking and verification process as the library is opened. If Verify Added Libraries is not activated, CMS opens the library without performing the locking and verification process. This speeds up the open library operation and allows you to open the library even if it is locked by another user.
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Click on the Search List Position button to specify the position the new library or libraries should have in the search list, including: o Whether the new library will supersede the existing list, if one exists o Whether the new library (or libraries) will be inserted into the existing list, and the position in which they are to be inserted, before or after other libraries, or last in the list.
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Click on the New button to supersede the existing library list with the new library (or libraries) specified in the Library Directory field.
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Click on the First button to insert the new library at the beginning of the library list.
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Click on the After button to insert the new library into the library list immediately following the library specified in the After field. You must then supply a library in the After field. Fill in the After field with the directory specification of the library that the newly-opened library will follow. The default is to include the newly-opened library after all previously opened libraries.
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Fill in the After field with the name of the library that the newly-opened library will follow. The default is to include the newly-opened library after all previously opened libraries.
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Click on the Last button to insert the new library at the end of the library list.