Where you can use double-byte data

You can use double-byte data as data in files, as the text of messages, as the text of object descriptions, as literals and constants, and as data to be processed by high-level language programs.

As data in files:
- Data in database files.
- Data entered in input-capable and data displayed in output-capable fields of display files.
- Data printed in output-capable fields in printer files.
- Data used as literals in display files and printer files.
As the text of messages.
As the text of object descriptions.
As literals and constants, and as data to be processed by high-level language programs.

Double-byte data can be displayed only at DBCS display stations and printed only on DBCS printers. Double-byte data can be written onto diskette, tape, disk, and optical storage.