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<h1 class="topictitle1">REFFLD (Referenced Field) keyword in printer files</h1>
<div><p>Use this field-level keyword when referring to a field under one
of these three conditions in this topic.</p>
<div class="section"><ul><li>The name of the referenced field is different from the name in positions
19 through 28.</li>
<li>The name of the referenced field is the same as the name in positions
19 through 28, but the record format, file, or library of the referenced field
is different from that specified with the REF keyword.</li>
<li>The referenced field occurs in the same DDS source file as the referencing
field.</li>
</ul>
<p>The format of the keyword is:</p>
<pre>REFFLD([record-format-name/]referenced-field-name
[*SRC | [library-name/]data-base-file-name])</pre>
<p>The referenced-field-name
is required even if it is the same as the referencing field. Use the record-format-name
when the referenced file contains more than one record format. Use *SRC (rather
than the database-file-name) when the referenced field name is in the same
DDS source file as the referencing field. *SRC is the default value when the
database-file-name and the library-name are not specified.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> When you
refer to a field in the same DDS source file, the field being referred to
must precede the field being defined.</div>
<p>Specify the database-file-name
(qualified by its library-name, if necessary) when you want to search a particular
database file.</p>
<p>If, in the same DDS source file, you specify REF at the
file level and REFFLD at the field level, the particular search sequence depends
on both the REF and REFFLD keywords.</p>
<p>You must specify an R in position
29. In some cases, some keywords specified with the field in the database
file are not included in the printer file.</p>
<p>You can specify a distributed
data management (DDM) file on this keyword.</p>
<p>When you use
a DDM file, the data-base-file-name and library-name are the DDM file and
library names on the source system. The referenced-field-name and the record-format-name
are the field name and the record format name in the remote file on the target
system.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> IDDU files cannot be used as reference files.</div>
<p>Option
indicators are not valid for this keyword.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Example</h4><p>The following example shows how to specify
the REFFLD keyword.</p>
<pre>|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
00010A R FMAT1
00020A ITEM 5 1
00030A ITEM1 R 2REFFLD(ITEM)
00040A ITEM2 R 12REFFLD(FMAT1/ITEM)
00050A ITEM3 R 22REFFLD(ITEM FILEX)
00060A ITEM4 R 32REFFLD(ITEM LIBY/FILEX)
00070A ITEM5 R 42REFFLD(FMAT1/ITEM LIBY/FILEX)
00080A ITEM6 R 52REFFLD(ITEM *SRC)
A</pre>
<p>Because the REF keyword is not specified, the default
for lines 00030 and 00040 is to search the DDS source file in which they are
specified. In line 00080, the parameter value *SRC explicitly specifies the
source file. See the example in <a href="../dds/specref.htm">When
to specify REF and REFFLD keywords for DDS files</a> for explanations of
the specifications.</p>
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<div class="familylinks">
<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakdmstprkey.htm" title="See the valid keyword entries for defining printer files in this topic.">Keyword entries for printer files (positions 45 through 80)</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="prref.htm" title="Use this position to specify R in position 29 to copy the attributes of a previously defined named field (the referenced field) to the field that you are defining. (If you do not specify R, you must specify the field attributes.)">Reference for printer files (position 29)</a></div>
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