Perform DBCS conversion

This topic describes how to convert one alphanumeric entry to its related DBCS word using DBCS conversion. You must start DBCS conversion separately for each field in which you want to enter double-byte data.

Note: DBCS conversion is intended for Japanese data entry. Its use with other languages is limited.

While performing DBCS conversion, you can display information about the function by pressing the Help key. Help is available until you end DBCS conversion.

Position the cursor in the field in which you want to enter double-byte characters. Insert shift-control characters into the field if they have not yet been inserted. To find out how to insert shift characters, see Insert shift-control double-byte characters.
Position the cursor under the shift-in character, in a blank area between the shift-control characters, or under a double-byte character.
Press the function key used to start DBCS conversion.
In SEU, as well as from the Edit Related Words display (displayed when using the EDTIGCDCT command), press F18. The server displays the following prompt line:
```
 _ ____________ _
 A      B       C
```
Enter the following values:
1. In the field marked A, enter one of the following values:
  I
  
  Inserts the converted word before the character under which you positioned the cursor in step 2.
  
  R
  
  Replaces the character under which you positioned the cursor in step 2 with the converted word.
2. In the field marked B, enter one of the following values:
  1. A string of alphanumeric characters to be converted. The string can have as many as 12 characters.
  2. The 4-character DBCS code of a double-byte character.
  3. The 2- to 5-digit DBCS number of a double-byte character.
3. In the field marked C enter one of the following conversion codes:
  No entry
  
  Converts the entry in field B from alphanumeric to double-byte by referring to the DBCS conversion dictionaries.
  
  G
  
  Converts the 2- to 5-digit DBCS number in field B to the character it represents.
  
  H
  
  Converts the entry in field B to double-byte Hiragana, uppercase alphabetic, numeric, or special characters.
  
  K
  
  Converts the entry in field B to double-byte Hiragana, lowercase alphabetic, numeric, or special characters.
  
  X
  
  Converts the 4-character DBCS code to the character it represents.

Press the Enter key. The server displays the following prompt line:

 _ ____________ _ _____________________________+
 A      B       C               D

In the field marked D, the server displays words related to the entry in field B.
If you see a plus (+) sign following the last displayed word, the server has additional words to display. Press the Roll Up key to see these entries. Then, to return to a word displayed earlier, press the Roll Down key.

If a word is shown in a reverse image, the word contains an embedded blank.
Choose the DBCS word from field D that best suits your needs by positioning the cursor under that DBCS word.
Press the Enter key. The server enters the word where the cursor was positioned in step 2, either by inserting the word or by replacing another word, depending on what you entered in field A.
Take one of the following actions:
1. Continue using DBCS conversion. Repeat 4 through 8 until you finish entering data into the field.
2. End DBCS conversion by pressing the same function key used to start conversion. The server automatically ends conversion when you reach the end of the field.
  In SEU, as well as from the Edit Related Words display (displayed when using the EDTIGCDCT command), press F18.
  
  Note: Until DBCS conversion is ended, you cannot perform any other server function. For example, the F3 key cannot be used to exit an SEU display.