Important Observations

• Reusing shipped command handlers may add significant value to any 5250 application that is being RAMPed.
• The Notes command handler can be used with any business object.
• The command handler makes it possible for the end-user to enter a number of notes against any instance of the business object
• The note is saved as a string field on database file FPNOTE
• The attachment documents are saved on database file FPDOC
• Attachment documents can be added to a note
• A category value can be specified for the note to allow the user to sort the notes according to their own criteria
• User Created/Updated and Date/Time Created/Updated are automatically recorded on the list

 What You Should Know

• The ideas presented in this tutorial can easily be extended to other business objects. 
• For example a Product business object might have a press release, a brochure, a price list associated with it. It might also have many events associated with it, such as launch, customer complaints, recalls, end of life, etc., each of which may have many documents associated with it.
• There is also a shipped generic Command Handler for spool files, DF_T3101.