Using Externally Described Files in a Program
This topic describes how to:
- Create externally described files
- Use level checking to verify that the descriptions with which the program was compiled are still functional
- Avoid field alignment problems in C/C++ structures
- Including external field definitions in a program
- Define and use indicators
- Include physical and logical database files in a program
- Include device files in a program
- Include multiple record formats in a program
- Include packed decimal data in a program