Online M+R Tutorial

To display online information about M+R from the Merge+Reconcile primary menu, select option T. The Tutorial Table of Content panel, shown below, appears.

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    Concurrent development results in creating multiple versions of 
    programs, copybooks, JCL procedures, and other application source code. 
    Merge+Reconcile provides vital assistance in consolidating those versions. 

    This tutorial displays on-line information about M+R features. 
    The table of contents listed below contains a list of major topics.  

    I - Information - Concurrent development concept and terminology 
    P - Profile     - M+R profile options and data sets 
    V - Versions    - Data sets that M+R compares, merges, and displays   
    D - Display     - How M+R displays version differences in color and graphics 
    R - Reconcile   - How M+R helps in reconciling the version differences   
    B - Batch       - Compare, merge, and export in batch mode   
    M - Management  - Create and manage team-oriented and individual projects

All Tutorial and Help panels are scrollable. This means that when you select a topic or issue the Help command, generally by use of a program function key [PF1], you are presented with a lengthy panel of text that you can scroll through at your leisure. There are no arbitrary breaks in panel content. Split- screen boundaries are automatically respected such that the last visible line at the bottom of one screen is presented at the top after you page down, using the [Enter] key. Conversely, you page up by pressing [PF10].

The top and bottom of each Help panel is clearly marked. The IBM-CUA standard of a plus (+) sign signifying page down capability and a minus (-) sign indicating page up capability (in the upper right-hand corner) is supported.

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The Merge+Reconcile from SERENA Software Inc. provides four source code 
reconciliation tools selectable through options M, L, S, and J, as well as 
an interactive tutorial (option W ). 

    Option M allows a novice or infrequent M+R user to reconcile up to eight 
    versions of a program, copybook, JCL procedure, or other source type. 
    The versions may be members of libraries or sequential datasets. 

    Option L offers additional features needed for consolidating up to eight 
    versions of a source library - PDS, PANvalet, and LIBrarian. Main features 
    include the Consolidation Workplace, Batch Execution, and Reconciliation 
    Project Management.   

    Option S supports concurrent merge and reconciliation of source and copy 
    code - up to 8 versions of program libraries and 8 copybook libraries. 
    It detects the invocation of copybooks in the source code and merges them 
    into the source versions for concurrent comparison, merging, reconciliation 
    and export.