Field properties

When you select a field through the Outline view, on the design canvas, or a DFLD macro in the Source page, the properties that are associated with the field are populated and displayed in the Properties view.

Basic properties

The following properties are editable on the Basic tab of the Properties view:

Label: Specify field name. The length is from one to eight alphanumeric characters. This label corresponds to the DFLDNAME for the field. This input is required for an input and output field and invalid for a password and label field.
Value: Specify a literal character string to be presented to the device. This input is required for a label field, but invalid for an input, output, and password field.
Width: Specify the length of the field. Omit this operand if literal is specified in the positional parameter as the length of literal is used as the field length.
Row: Specify row in the design canvas on which the field is to appear. This input is required for all fields.
Column: Specify the column in the design canvas on which the field is to appear. This input is required for all fields.
Page number: Specify the physical page number for an output field. By default, the physical page number is the number of the physical page to which the field was added. Changing the physical page number moves the field to the physical page now specified by the physical page number. However, for this change to display in the design page, you must save, close, and reopen the MFS source. It is invalid to change the physical page number if it causes the field to overlap with existing fields on the specified physical page.
Password: This option identifies this field as the location of the IMS password field for input messages. It is invalid to have a Label, or DFLDNAME, specified for a field that is specified as a password field.

Attributes properties

The following properties are editable on the Attributes properties tab of the Properties view. All attributes except for Attribute Bytes are optional for devices of type 3270 and 3270-An and invalid for device types 3270P.

Intensity: Select the display intensity of the field as High, Normal, or Nondisplayable. Corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR= and the properties HI, NORM, and NODISP.
Detectability: Select the detectability of the field through light pen operations as Deferred, Immediate, or Nondetectable. Corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR= and the properties DET, IDET, or NODET.
Protected: Select this checkbox to protect the field from modification. Clear the checkbox to remove protection. Corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR=PROT. Label fields are always protected.
Numeric: Specify whether the field has the numeric attribute. Corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR=NUM.
Modified: This parameter defines whether the field-modified-attribute byte is assumed for this field. Corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR=MOD.
Strip: Specify whether the pen detect designator byte preceding the input field is to be stripped (STRIP) before presentation to the application program. Corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR=STRIP.
Attribute bytes: Mark this checkbox to specify whether to use the first byte of this field to display attribute information when the output message includes attribute information for the field. Marking the checkbox corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR=YES, and clearing the checkbox corresponds to the field parameter, ATTR=NO. This input is optional and valid only for devices of type 3270P.

Extended attributes

You can set the following Extended Attributes properties. These properties are valid only on output fields and correspond to the field parameter EATTR.

Highlighting: Select the highlighting style from the drop-down list.
Color: Select the color from the drop-down list.
Outline: Select one or more locations to create the field outline.

Program Symbol Buffer

Specifies the program symbol buffer for the IMS application program. You must specify a corresponding Value.

If you select PX from the drop-down menu, then the value must be a hexadecimal value in the range of X'40' to X'FE'. If you select PC from the drop-down menu, then the value must be a character value in the range of X'40' to X'FE'. It is invalid to specify both a program symbol buffer and an extended graphical character set.

Corresponds to the field parameter values: EATTR=PX'hh' or EATTR=PC'hh'.

Extended Graphical Character Set

Mark the checkbox to specify the use of an extended graphical character set. This value is valid only on output fields in devices of type 3270.

If you specify an additional value, then it must be a hexadecimal value in the range X'40' to X'FE' or X'00'.

Corresponds to the field parameter values: EATTR=EGCS'hh'.

EGCS/DBCS Mixed Field

Mark the checkbox to specify if the field contains a mixture of single byte and double byte characters.

Features properties

MFS files with tables are supported in modification mode only. Tables and fields on the Features tab are inactive if no OPCTL keyword exists on the device field. If an OPCTL keyword exists on the tab of the Properties view, the fields are populated with the information from the TABLE declaration and are modifiable.