Job File Comments

Your job file (*.job) can include comments for any table. These comments do not affect the running of the table and are not printed with the table. Once the table is run, you can view the comments in the job file using View|Job File.

Comments you enter are printed at the end of the table in the job file. Each comment line begins with a C.

Choose Setup|Tables and select Comments.
Enter your comments and click OK to exit.

You can edit the job file using the C character to ‘comment out’ all lines in a table. For example, if you insert a C at the beginning of each line for Table 2, Table 2 would not be displayed in Run|Tables, but would appear only in the job file (*.job) as comments following Table 1.

You can select text/lines in the job file and then right-click in the View|Job File dialog box to:

Comment Lines (Shift+Ctrl+C) - adds a comment character (C) as the first character of each line selected.
Uncomment Lines (Shift+Ctrl+U) - removes the comment character (C) from each line selected.

Note: The Comment Lines option for lines in the Glossary section of the job file will add an asterisk "*" in column 2. The Glossary section of the job file uses an asterisk (*) as the comment character in the second position of a line. The Uncomment Lines option for lines in the Glossary section of the job file will remove the asterisk "*" in column 2.