Next Record (F5)

The NEXT RECORD option, activated by pressing F5, allows you to move through all of the records in a file, one record at a time. In the orders/line items example, if you were positioned on the first order record and selected NEXT RECORD, you would move to the second order record. Unlike selecting ENTER, you do not go “down” to the line items that are associated with each order. If you come to the last record in the order file, you are placed in “key entry,” in which you can enter a key to retrieve a specified record.