DBCS display support

This section provides information about displaying double-byte characters.

Inserting shift-control double-byte characters
The system inserts shift-control characters into DBCS-only fields automatically.
Number of displayed extended double-byte characters
The system can display up to 512 different extended characters on a Japanese display at one time. Additional extended characters are displayed as undefined characters. However, the additional extended characters are stored correctly on the system.
Number of DBCS input fields on a display
The use of DBCS input fields affects the total number of input fields allowed on a display. For a local 5250 display station, you can specify as many as 256 input fields. However, each three instances of a DBCS field reduces the maximum number of fields by one.
Effects of displaying double-byte data at alphanumeric workstations
Alphanumeric display stations cannot display double-byte data correctly.

Parent topic: Double-byte character set support