DDS syntax for a printer file

This is the syntax for a printer file.

1

Comments (optional): Comments can appear on any line in DDS. They are identified by an asterisk in position 7.

2

File level (optional): File-level keywords appear before the first record format name (RECORDA on line 00040).

3

Record level (at least one required): R in position 17 identifies RECORDA as a record format name. The record level continues until the first field is specified.

4

Field level (at least one field, whether named or unnamed, is required in each record format in the file): Printer file fields that are passed from the program to the printer must be named fields and must have a length specified. Other attributes can be specified explicitly or by default. Constant (unnamed) fields require only a location and a keyword, as described in the DATE, DFT, PAGNBR, TIME, and MSGCON keyword descriptions in Keyword entries for printer files (positions 45 through 80).