If you specify option A and a format name, the Format Definition
panel (Figure 1) is displayed.
Figure 1. Format Definition panel (ISRFM02) Format Definition (FORM01)
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Field Start Field Field Field Start Field Field
Number Column Length Type Number Column Length Type
1 00000 00 2 00000 00
3 00000 00 4 00000 00
5 00000 00 6 00000 00
7 00000 00 8 00000 00
9 00000 00 10 00000 00
11 00000 00 12 00000 00
13 00000 00 14 00000 00
15 00000 00 16 00000 00
17 00000 00 18 00000 00
19 00000 00 20 00000 00
Field Number: Identifies the field position on the screen.
Start Column: From 1 to 32760; Specifies column position in the record.
field Length: From 1 to 71; Fields must not overlap.
Field Type : E - single-byte, D - double-byte, M - mixed data
Enter the END command to exit and save the format.
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F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F9=Swap F12=Cancel
A field definition includes:
- Field Number
- The number of the field for which you are defining a format.
You can define up to 20 fields.
- Start Column
- Starting column position in the record.
- Field Length
- Field length in bytes; the maximum is 71 bytes.
- Field Type
- The type of data that can be entered in the field.
Valid types are:
- E
- EBCDIC (single-byte)
- D
- DBCS (double-byte)
- M
- Mixed data
Note: All three of these field types can contain extended
graphics characters. CAPS ON processing is not possible because of
context dependencies. Therefore, it is ignored when you are editing
formatted data.
The format definition information applies to both existing records
and inserted records in a data set.
Note: It is recommended that you avoid using STD or COBOL
formats with numbered data. The results can be different from using
formats with unnumbered data. If you must use numbered data, do not
define the columns the sequence numbers will appear in, or define an
EBCDIC or mixed data field for them.