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I am attempting to use the print option (Print file contents), then data file (1 Data File - Print the contents of a data file:
in formatted mode using record layout
in vertical formatted mode using record layout
in three-line hexadecimal mode
in single-line character mode ) in fileaid to print to a file.

Out of 328 fields, I only want to print 7 of them to the file. I am using vfmt, record layout, and selection criteria. In addition to my values I am selecting I am also doing a DISPLAY of the fields I want to keep.

The fields I want to keep show up when I do 'DISPLAY 2,4,31,33,38,39,105 ONLY', when building the selection criteria, but when I submit the job to print to a file, ALL the fields are being written to the file. How do I get ONLY the fields I want to print to the file, or can it not be done in fileaid?

If you are using VFMT you can simply enter VPRINT and the number of records you would like to print. As in: VPRINT 10 to print the next 10 records from your current position in the file.
The same works in FMT mode only you would use FPRINT 10.

It's not the number of records that is the issue, it is the number of fields within the record. I am getting all the records, but I want only 7 of the fields, not all 328.

will work as long as you've defined the layout properly.

If you are doing this thru ISPF, and you have your 7 fields narrowed down by entering 'DISPLAY 2,4,31,33,38,39,105 ONLY'
THEN use VPRINT with the number of records you would like to print and it will cause only the 7 fields for that many records to print.
(it works the same way in formated mode. The only difference is FPRINT vs VPRINT)

Thank you Robert Sample. That was the syntax I was looking for. I had to modify the JCL that fileaid created to add this to it.
//SYSIN DD *
$$DD01 VPRINT SHOW=FORMAT,LAYOUT=XXXXXX,TRUNC=NO,
FILLER=ON,ZERO=OFF,FIELDS=(2,4,31,33,38,39,105)
/*