DDS keyword entries for display files (positions 45 through 80)

You type the keyword entries that define display files in positions 45 through 80 (functions).

ALARM (Audible Alarm) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the IBM® i operating system is to activate the audible alarm when this record is displayed. The alarm is of short duration.
ALIAS (Alternative Name) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify an alternative name for a field.
ALTHELP (Alternative Help Key) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to assign a command attention (CA) key as an alternative Help key.
ALTNAME (Alternative Record Name) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify an alternative name for a record.
ALTPAGEDWN/ALTPAGEUP (Alternative Page Down/Alternative Page Up) keyword for display files
You use these file-level keywords to assign command function (CF) keys as alternative Page Down/Page Up keys.
ALWGPH (Allow Graphics) keyword for display files
This file- or record-level keyword allows graphics and alphanumeric contents to be displayed by the record format on a 5292 Model 2 Color Display Station at the same time.
ALWROL (Allow Roll) keyword for display files
This record-level keyword enables your program to page through data in a window on the display when the system is displaying the record format you are defining.
ASSUME (Assume) keyword for display files
This record-level keyword specifies that the IBM i operating system is to assume that the record is already shown on the display when the display file is opened.
AUTO (Auto) keyword for display files
Under some circumstances, the AUTO keyword is equivalent to the CHECK keyword.
BLANKS (Blanks) keyword for display files
This field-level keyword, when specified for a numeric, input-capable field, enables your program to distinguish when the field is blank and when the field is zero on the display. In either case, your program recognizes zeros.
BLINK (Blink) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that as long as the record being defined is displayed, the cursor flashes.
BLKFOLD (Blank Fold) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword for named, output-only fields (but not message or program-to-system fields) so that they overflow onto subsequent display lines.
CAnn (Command Attention) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify that the function key specified in the keyword (CA01 through CA24) is available for use.
CFnn (Command Function) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify that the function key specified in the keyword (CF01 through CF24) is available for use.
CHANGE (Change) keyword for display files
You use this record-level or field-level keyword to set on the specified response indicator for an input operation.
CHCACCEL (Choice Accelerator Text) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on a single-choice selection field in a pull-down record to specify text for the accelerator key.
CHCAVAIL (Choice Color/Display Attribute when Available) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the color or display attributes to be used when the system is displaying the available choices in a menu bar, push button, selection field, or subfile single-choice or multiple-choice selection list.
CHCCTL (Choice Control) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on a selection field to control the availability of the choices for the field.
CHCSLT (Choice Color/Display Attribute when Selected) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the color or display attributes to be used when the system is displaying a selected choice in a menu bar or selection field.
CHCUNAVAIL (Choice Color/Display Attribute when Unavailable) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the color or display attributes to be used when the system displays the unavailable choices in a selection field or a push button field.
CHECK (Check) keyword for display files
You use this keyword to perform a number of functions, depending on the parameter values specified.
CHGINPDFT (Change Input Default) keyword for display files
You use this file-level, record-level, or field-level keyword to change one or more input defaults for input-capable fields.
CHKMSGID (Check Message Identifier) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to identify an error message that is issued when a validity check error is detected.
CHOICE (Selection Field Choice) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define a choice for a selection field.
CHRID (Character Identifier) keyword for display files
You can use this field-level keyword to specify that a named field be translated if the CHRID parameter value for the display file differs from the CHRID parameter value for the workstation.
CLEAR (Clear) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify that your program is to receive control if the workstation user presses the Clear key, and optionally, that the IBM i operating system is to set on the specified response indicator.
CLRL (Clear Line) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the IBM i operating system is to clear (delete) a specific number of lines before the record is displayed. Only those lines are cleared.
CMP (Comparison) keyword for display files
This keyword is equivalent to the COMP keyword.
CNTFLD (Continued-Entry Field) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define a field as a continued-entry field.
COLOR (Color) keyword for display files
You use this keyword to specify the color of a field on a color display.
COMP (Comparison) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify that the IBM i operating system is to compare the data that the workstation user types into an input or input/output field with the specified value.
CSRINPONLY (Cursor Movement to Input-Capable Positions Only) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to restrict cursor movement to input-capable positions only. This keyword only affects cursor movement caused by using the arrow keys.
CSRLOC (Cursor Location) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify the cursor location on an output operation to the record format that you are defining. Your program sends the output operation after setting the cursor location.
DATE (Date) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to display the current date as a constant (output-only) field.
DATFMT (Date Format) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the format of a date field. This keyword is valid only for date fields (data type L).
DATSEP (Date Separator) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the separator character for a date field. This keyword is valid only for date fields (data type L).
DFT (Default) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the constant value for constant fields (unnamed fields) and to specify a default value for named fields.
DFTVAL (Default Value) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify a default value for an output-capable field.
DLTCHK (Delete Check) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify that the IBM i operating system is to ignore all validity checking and CHKMSGID keywords that are specified for a referenced field.
DLTEDT (Delete Edit) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify that the IBM i operating system is to ignore the EDTCDE or EDTWRD keyword if either of them is specified for a referenced field. This keyword is valid only when you specify R in position 29.
DSPATR (Display Attribute) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify one or more display attributes for the field that you are defining.
DSPMOD (Display Mode) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify which mode (display size) you want to use for the 3180, the 3477, or the 3197 Model D1, D2, W1, or W2 display station.
DSPRL (Display Right to Left) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to specify that the records in the display file are written right to left on the display.
DSPSIZ (Display Size) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to specify the display size to which your program can open the display file.
DUP (Duplication) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to activate the Dup key on the display station keyboard.
EDTCDE (Edit Code) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to edit output-capable numeric fields.
EDTMSK (Edit Mask) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define an edit mask for fields with EDTCDE or EDTWRD keywords.
EDTWRD (Edit Word) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify an edit word if you cannot obtain the editing that you want through the EDTCDE keyword.
ENTFLDATR (Entry Field Attribute) keyword for display files
You use this field-level, record-level, or file-level keyword to define that the leading attribute of the field changes to a specified attribute whenever the cursor is located in the field.
ERASE (Erase) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword with the OVERLAY keyword to specify that the records whose names you supplied as parameter values are to be erased from the display when this record is written.
ERASEINP (Erase Input) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword with the OVERLAY keyword to erase unprotected input-capable fields already on the display. Unprotected input-capable fields are fields for which the DSPATR(PR) keyword is not in effect.
ERRMSG (Error Message) and ERRMSGID (Error Message Identifier) keywords for display files
You can use one of these field-level keywords to identify a message that is displayed on the message line and that is associated with that field.
ERRSFL (Error Subfile) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to specify that messages should be displayed using a system-supplied error subfile.
FLDCSRPRG (Cursor Progression Field) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define the field to which the cursor moves when it exits a field.
FLTFIXDEC (Floating-Point to Fixed Decimal) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to display a number in an output-capable (usage B or O) floating-point field in fixed-decimal notation.
FLTPCN (Floating-Point Precision) Keyword for Display Files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the precision of a floating-point field.
FRCDTA (Force Data) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to display a record format immediately, without waiting for the next input or input/output operation. When the buffer is partially full, the FRCDTA keyword can be used to clear the buffer.
GETRETAIN (Get Retain) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword with the UNLOCK keyword to specify that the IBM i operating system is not to erase input-capable fields on input operations as described under the UNLOCK keyword.
HELP (Help) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to enable the Help key.
HLPARA (Help Area) keyword for display files
You use this help-specification-level keyword to define a rectangular area on the display.
HLPBDY (Help Boundary) keyword for display files
You use this help-specification-level keyword to limit the online help information that is available when online help information is displayed.
HLPCLR (Help Cleared) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to clear the list of active help specifications. When this record is displayed, only the online help information that is defined on the current record format or on the file level is accessible.
HLPCMDKEY (Help Command Key) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to return control to your application program after a command attention (CA) or command function (CF) key is pressed on an application help record format.
HLPDOC (Help Document) keyword for display files
You use this file- or help-specification-level keyword to define the document as help information text for a specific location on the display.
HLPEXCLD (Help Excluded) keyword for display files
You use this help-specification-level keyword to indicate that the online help information associated with this help specification is not displayed as extended help, but is available as item-specific help.
HLPFULL (Help Full) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to indicate that the help text for the help panel group of the application is displayed using the full screen rather than using windows.
HLPID (Help Identifier) keyword for display files
You use this constant field-level keyword to specify an identifier for the constant in the field-level help. The identifier you specify can be used on the HLPARA keyword to link help text to this constant field.
HLPPNLGRP (Help Panel Group) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or help-specification-level keyword to specify the source of the online help information, defined by the user interface manager (UIM), that is to be displayed when the Help key is pressed.
HLPRCD (Help Record) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or help-specification-level keyword to specify the record format containing the online help information to be displayed when the Help key is pressed.
HLPRTN (Help Return) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to return control to your program when you press the Help key.
HLPSCHIDX (Help Search Index) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to enable the index search function (F11 on the Help display) and specify the search index object used for the index search.
HLPSEQ (Help Sequencing) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to define the sequencing of text records for Page key processing.
HLPTITLE (Help Title) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to define the default title of online help information in panel group. The help information is displayed using the full screen.
HOME (Home) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify that you want to recognize and handle the Home key through your program.
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on an unnamed constant field to have Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags sent along with the 5250 data stream.
INDARA (Indicator Area) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to remove option and response indicators from the buffer (also called the record area) and to place them in a 99-byte separate indicator area.
INDTXT (Indicator Text) keyword for display files
You use this file-level, record-level, or field-level keyword to associate a descriptive text (indicating intent or use) with a specific response or option indicator. You can specify the keyword once for each response and option indicator.
INVITE (Invite) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to invite the device for a later read operation.
INZINP (Initialize Input) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to initialize input/output fields without necessarily sending the initialized data to the display when the PUTOVR and ERASEINP(*ALL) keywords are both in effect.
INZRCD (Initialize Record) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that if this record is not already on the display, it is to be written to the display before an input operation is sent from the program that specifies this record name.
KEEP (Keep) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to keep the display from being deleted when the display file is closed.
LOCK (Lock) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the keyboard is to remain locked after an output operation.
LOGINP (Log Input) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the input buffer for this record format is to be written to the job log each time the IBM i operating system performs an input operation for the record.
LOGOUT (Log Output) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the output buffer for this record format is to be written to the job log each time the IBM i operating system performs an output operation for the record.
LOWER (Lower) keyword for display files
The LOWER keyword is equivalent to the CHECK(LC) keyword.
MAPVAL (Map Values) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to map field data to a different value during input and output operations.
MDTOFF (Modified Data Tag Off) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword with the OVERLAY keyword to set off modified data tags (MDTs) for input-capable fields in record formats already on the display.
MLTCHCFLD (Multiple-Choice Selection Field) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define a field as a multiple-choice selection field.
MNUBAR (Menu Bar) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to define a menu bar.
MNUBARCHC (Menu-Bar Choice) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define a choice for a menu-bar field.
MNUBARDSP (Menu-Bar Display) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to display a menu bar.
MNUBARSEP (Menu-Bar Separator) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on a menu-bar field to specify the color, display attributes, or the character that is used to form the menu-bar separator line.
MNUBARSW (Menu-Bar Switch Key) keyword for display files
You use this file- or record-level keyword to assign a command attention (CA) key to be the Switch-to-menu-bar key.
MNUCNL (Menu-Cancel Key) keyword for display files
You use this file- or record-level keyword to assign a command attention (CA) key to be the cancel key for menu bars or pull-down menus.
MOUBTN (Mouse Buttons) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to associate a Command key or EVENT-ID parameter with one or two pointer-device events.
MSGALARM (Message Alarm) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify that the system is to sound the audible alarm when this record is displayed with an active ERRMSG, ERRMSGID, SFLMSG, or SFLMSGID keyword, or when a validity checking error is detected. The alarm is of short duration.
MSGCON (Message Constant) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to indicate that the text for constant fields is contained in a message description.
MSGID (Message Identifier) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to allow an application program to identify, at program run time, the message description that contains text for a named field.
MSGLOC (Message Location) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to move the message line to the specified line number.
NOCCSID (No Coded Character Set Identifier) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify that CCSID conversion of the field is not done.
OPENPRT (Open Printer File) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to specify that after the printer file is opened (the first time the user presses the Print key), it is to remain open until the associated display file is closed.
OVERLAY (Overlay) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the record format that you are defining should appear on the display without the entire display being deleted first.
OVRATR (Override Attribute) keyword for display files
You use this field-level or record-level keyword with the PUTOVR keyword to override the existing display attributes of a field or record that is already on the display.
OVRDTA (Override Data) keyword for display files
You use this field-level or record-level keyword with the PUTOVR keyword to override the existing data contents of a field or record that is already on the display.
PAGEDOWN/PAGEUP (Page Down/Page Up) keywords for display files
You use these file-level or record-level keywords to specify that your program handles any situation where the workstation user has pressed the Page Down or Page Up keys and the IBM i operating system cannot page through the display.
PASSRCD (Passed Record) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to specify the record format to be used by the IBM i operating system when another program passes unformatted data to your program.
PRINT (Print) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify that the workstation user can press the Print key to print the current display.
PROTECT (Protect) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword with the OVERLAY keyword to specify that when the record you are defining is displayed, all input-capable fields already on the display are to be changed to output-only fields.
PSHBTNCHC (Push Button Field Choice) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define a choice for a push button field.
PSHBTNFLD (Push Button Field) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define a field as a push button field.
PULLDOWN (Pull-Down Menu) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to define a record as a pull-down menu for a menu bar.
PUTOVR (Put with Explicit Override) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to enable the override of either display attributes or data contents (or both) of specific fields within a record that is displayed on a workstation device. By using the PUTOVR keyword, you can reduce the amount of data sent to the display device.
PUTRETAIN (Put-Retain) keyword for display files
You use this record-level or field-level keyword with the OVERLAY keyword to prevent the IBM i operating system from deleting data that is already on the display when the system displays the record again. The PUTOVR keyword has a function similar to, but more effective than, the PUTRETAIN keyword.
RANGE (Range) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword for input-capable fields. The RANGE keyword directs the IBM i operating system to perform validity checking on the data that the workstation user types into the field.
REF (Reference) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to specify the name of a file from which field descriptions are to be retrieved. You can also use this keyword when you want to duplicate descriptive information from several fields in a previously described record format.
REFFLD (Referenced Field) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to refer to a field when the name, record format, file, or library of the referenced field differs from its equivalent in positions 19 through 28.
RETKEY (Retain Function Keys) and RETCMDKEY (Retain Command Keys) keywords for display files
You use these record-level keywords to indicate that function keys, command function (CFnn) keys, or command attention (CAnn) keys, which are enabled on a display, should be retained when the record you are defining is displayed.
RETLCKSTS (Retain Lock Status) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the system should not unlock the keyboard on the next input operation. This keyword prevents the loss of data when an input operation is started and data is already being transmitted from the keyboard.
RMVWDW (Remove Window) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to remove all existing windows on the display before this record is displayed.
ROLLUP/ROLLDOWN (Roll Up/Roll Down) keywords for display files
You can use these file-level or record-level keywords to specify that your program handles any situation where the workstation user has pressed the Roll Up or Roll Down keys and the IBM i operating system cannot move the text lines on the display.
RTNCSRLOC (Return Cursor Location) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to return the location of the cursor to an application program.
RTNDTA (Return Data) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that when your program sends an input operation to this record format, the IBM i operating system is to return the same data that was returned on the previous input operation sent to this record format.
SETOF (Set Off) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that when an input operation sent to this record format is completed, the specified response indicator is to be set off.
SETOFF (Set Off) keyword for display files
The SETOFF keyword is equivalent to the SETOF keyword.
SFL (Subfile) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that this record format is to be a subfile record format.
SFLCHCCTL (Subfile Choice Control) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on a selection list to control the availability of choices for the list.
SFLCLR (Subfile Clear) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format so that your program can clear the subfile of all records. This keyword differs from the SFLDLT keyword in that the subfile is not deleted.
SFLCSRPRG (Subfile Cursor Progression) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define that when the cursor leaves the field, it goes to the same field in the next subfile record instead of the next field in the same record.
SFLCSRRRN (Subfile Cursor Relative Record Number) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to return the relative record number of the record on which the cursor is located within a subfile.
SFLCTL (Subfile Control) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that this record format is to be a subfile-control record format. This record format must immediately follow the subfile record format.
SFLDLT (Subfile Delete) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword with an option indicator on the subfile-control record format to enable your program to delete the subfile.
SFLDROP (Subfile Drop) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to assign a command attention (CA) key or a command function (CF) key that the workstation user can press to fold or truncate subfile records that require more than one display line.
SFLDSP (Subfile Display) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format so that the IBM i operating system displays the subfile when your program sends an output operation to the subfile-control record format.
SFLDSPCTL (Subfile Display Control) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format so that the IBM i operating system displays fields in the subfile-control record format when your program sends an output operation to the record format.
SFLEND (Subfile End) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to enable the display of a plus sign (+) or text (More or Bottom) in the lower-right display location occupied by the subfile or a scroll bar.
SFLENTER (Subfile Enter) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to specify that the Enter key is to be used as a Page Up key. This allows the IBM i operating system to page through a subfile of more than one page when the Enter key is pressed.
SFLFOLD (Subfile Fold) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to assign a command attention (CA) key or a command function (CF) key that the workstation user can press to truncate or fold subfile records that require more than one display line.
SFLINZ (Subfile Initialize) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to specify that the IBM i operating system is to initialize all records in the subfile on an output operation to the subfile-control record format identified by the SFLCTL (Subfile Control) keyword.
SFLLIN (Subfile Line) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to specify that the subfile is to be displayed as a horizontal subfile. The subfile has more than one column of records displayed.
SFLMLTCHC (Subfile Multiple Choice Selection List) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to define a subfile as a multiple-choice selection list. A multiple-choice selection list is a scrollable group of items from which the user can select multiple items.
SFLMODE (Subfile Mode) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to return an indication of whether the subfile was in folded or truncated mode on input. You use this keyword with the SFLCSRRRN (Subfile Cursor Relative Record Number) keyword to determine the location of the cursor within a subfile.
SFLMSG (Subfile Message) and SFLMSGID (Subfile Message Identifier) keywords for display files
You use these record-level keywords on the subfile-control record format to identify a message to be displayed on the message line when your program performs an output operation to the subfile-control record format.
SFLMSGKEY (Subfile Message Key) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on the first field in the subfile record format for a message subfile (with Subfile (SFL) and Subfile Message Record (SFLMSGRCD) keywords specified).
SFLMSGRCD (Subfile Message Record) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile record format to specify that this subfile is to be a message subfile and that the records displayed when the subfile is displayed are messages from a program message queue.
SFLNXTCHG (Subfile Next Changed) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile record format to force the workstation user to correct program-detected typing errors in subfile records that have been read by the program.
SFLPAG (Subfile Page) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to specify the number of records in the subfile to be displayed at the same time.
SFLPGMQ (Subfile Program Message Queue) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on the second (and last) field in the subfile record format for a message subfile.
SFLRCDNBR (Subfile Record Number) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to specify that the page of the subfile to be displayed is the page that contains the record whose relative record number is in this field.
SFLRNA (Subfile Records Not Active) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword with the Subfile Initialize (SFLINZ) keyword on the subfile-control record format so that your program can initialize a subfile with no active records. To do this, your program sends an output operation to the subfile-control record format with the SFLINZ keyword selected.
SFLROLVAL (Subfile Roll Value) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword in the subfile-control record format to specify that the workstation user can type a value in this field. The value tells the IBM i operating system how many records to page up or down when the appropriate paging key is pressed.
SFLRTNSEL (Subfile Return Selected Choices) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on a selection-list subfile control record to control how choices are returned to the application with the GET-NEXT-CHANGED operation.
SFLSCROLL (Subfile Scroll) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword in the subfile-control record format to return the relative record number of the subfile record that is at the top of the subfile when control is given back to your program.
SFLSIZ (Subfile Size) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on the subfile-control record format to specify the number of records in the subfile.
SFLSNGCHC (Subfile Single Choice Selection List) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to define a subfile as a single-choice selection list. A single-choice selection list is a scrollable group of items from which the user can select only one item.
SLNO (Starting Line Number) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify a starting line number for the record format you are defining.
SNGCHCFLD (Single-Choice Selection Field) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to define a field as a single-choice selection field.
SYSNAME (System Name) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to display the current system name as a constant (output-only) field that is 8 characters long.
TEXT (Text) keyword for display files
You use this record- or field-level keyword to supply a text description (or comment) for the record format or field that is used for program documentation.
TIME (Time) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to display the current system time as a constant (output-only) field.
TIMFMT (Time Format) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the format of a time field. This keyword is valid for time fields (data type T).
TIMSEP (Time Separator) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify the separator character used for a time field. This keyword is valid only for time fields (data type T).
UNLOCK (Unlock) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the IBM i operating system is to unlock the keyboard immediately after issuing an input operation to the record format you are defining.
USER (User) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to display the user profile name for the current job as a constant (output-only) field that is 10 characters long.
USRDFN (User-Defined) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the data for this record is in the form of a user-defined data stream.
USRDSPMGT (User Display Management) keyword for display files
You use this file-level keyword to specify that all data written to the display is held until the data is overwritten or cleared by using the CLRL keyword.
USRRSTDSP (User Restore Display) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword on a window record to specify that the application will manage the display.
VALNUM (Validate Numeric) keyword for display files
You use this file-level, record-level, or field-level keyword to enhance the error checking that is performed against fields with the data type numeric-only.
VALUES (Values) keyword for display files
You use this field-level keyword to specify a list of values that are valid for the user to type into the field.
VLDCMDKEY (Valid Command Key) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify that the IBM i licensed program is to set on the specified response indicator when any valid command key other than the Enter key is pressed by the workstation user.
WDWBORDER (Window Border) keyword for display files
You use this file-level or record-level keyword to specify the color, display attributes, and characters used to form the border of a window.
WDWTITLE (Window Title) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify the text, color, and display attributes for a title that is embedded within the top or bottom border of a window.
WINDOW (Window) keyword for display files
You use this record-level keyword to specify that the record format you are defining will be displayed using a window.
WRDWRAP (Word Wrap) keyword for display files
You use this file-level, record-level, or field-level keyword for continued-entry fields, or for named fields so that they overflow onto subsequent display lines.

Parent topic: DDS for display files

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Positional entries for display files (positions 1 through 44)

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Defining a display file for DDS

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Keyword considerations for display files that use DBCS

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Rules for DDS keywords and parameter values