Positional entries for display files (positions 1 through 44)

Use this information to specify the first 44 positions of the data description specifications (DDS) form for display files.

• Positional entries for display files (positions 1 through 7)
  Use this topic to specify positions 1 through 7.
• Conditioning for display files (positions 7 through 16)
  Positions 7 through 16 are a multiple-field area in which you can specify option indicators.
• Conditioning a field for more than one keyword
  If you are conditioning a field, the field name (or the constant) and the last (or only) indicator must be on the same line.
• Type of name or specification for display files (position 17)
  You can specify a value in this position to identify the type of name in positions 19 through 28.
• Reserved for display files (position 18)
  This position does not apply to any file type. Leave this position blank unless you use it for comment text.
• Name for display files (positions 19 through 28)
  Use these positions to specify record format names and field names.
• Reference for display files (position 29)
  You can specify R in this position to use the reference function of the i5/OS™ operating system to copy the attributes of a previously defined named field (called the referenced field) to the field you are defining.
• Length for display files (positions 30 through 34)
  You must specify a length for each named field unless you are copying the length from a referenced field.
• Data type/keyboard shift for display files (position 35)
  The entry you make in position 35 is the data type/keyboard shift attribute for display files.
• Decimal positions for display files (positions 36 and 37)
  You use these positions to specify the decimal placement within a zoned decimal field and also to specify the data type of the field as it appears in your program.
• Usage for display files (position 38)
  Use this position to specify that a named field is an output-only, input-only, input/output (both), hidden, program-to-system, or message field.
• Location for display files (positions 39 through 44)
  Use these positions to specify the exact location on the display where each field begins.