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<meta name="DC.Title" content="CNTFLD (Continued-Entry Field) keyword" />
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<meta name="abstract" content="Use this field-level keyword to define a field as a continued entry field." />
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<title>CNTFLD (Continued-Entry Field) keyword</title>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">CNTFLD (Continued-Entry Field) keyword</h1>
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<div><p>Use this field-level keyword to define a field as a continued entry
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field.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Continued-entry fields are sets of associated entry fields that
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are treated by the workstation controller as a single field during field-data
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entry and editing. If the display device is not attached to a controller that
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supports an enhanced interface for nonprogrammable workstations, each segment
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of the continued entry field is treated separately when editing is performed
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on the field.</p>
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<div class="p">The format of the keyword is: <pre>CNTFLD(width of column)</pre>
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<p>One
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parameter must be specified.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">DBCS considerations</h4><div class="p">DBCS data types have the following
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restrictions: <dl><dt class="dlterm">J</dt>
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<dd>The width of each continued-entry field segment must be an even number
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of at least 4 bytes.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">E</dt>
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<dd>The width of each continued-entry field segment must be an even number
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of at least 4 bytes.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">O</dt>
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<dd>The width of each continued-entry field segment must be at least 4 bytes
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wide.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">G</dt>
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<dd>The width of each continued-entry field segment must be an even number
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of at least 4 bytes.</dd>
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</dl>
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</div>
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<div class="p">Special consideration must be taken when defining the
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length of the DBCS continued-entry field to account for the SO/SI character
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pairs that must bracket the DBCS data on each segment of the continued-entry
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field. The following total field lengths are required to ensure that
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the field data fits into DBCS continued-entry fields: <dl><dt class="dlterm">J or E (with DBCS data)</dt>
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<dd>Data Length + (Number of segments - 1) * 2</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">O</dt>
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<dd>Data Length + (Number of segments - 1) * 3</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">G or E (with SBCS data)</dt>
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<dd>Data Length</dd>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The (Number of segments - 1) * 2 portion of the calculation
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in the first equation allows for the SO/SI sets that must bracket the DBCS
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data on the segments of the continued-entry field after the first segment.</div>
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<p>The
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(Number of segments - 1) * 3 portion of the calculation in the second equation
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allows for the SO/SI sets that must bracket the DBCS data on the segments
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of the continued-entry field after the first segment. Additional consideration
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is made for the possibility that a NULL must be placed at the end of a segment
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wherever a DBCS character is split.</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> WRDWRAP cannot be used on DBCS
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continued-entry fields.</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="dspkwd.htm" title="Some DDS keywords should be avoided in DBCS data fields, and others used with caution.">Keyword considerations for display files that use DBCS</a></div>
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