<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="task" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Enter DBCS text in CL commands" /> <meta name="abstract" content="You can use double-byte character data anywhere in a CL command that descriptive text can be used." /> <meta name="description" content="You can use double-byte character data anywhere in a CL command that descriptive text can be used." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rbagsdesigndbcsapps.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rbagsdbcstextinclcmds" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Enter DBCS text in CL commands</title> </head> <body id="rbagsdbcstextinclcmds"><a name="rbagsdbcstextinclcmds"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Enter DBCS text in CL commands</h1> <div><p>You can use double-byte character data anywhere in a CL command that descriptive text can be used.</p> <div class="section">Enter double-byte character text as follows:</div> <ol><li><span>Begin the double-byte character text with an apostrophe (').</span></li> <li><span>Enter a shift-out character.</span></li> <li><span>Enter the double-byte character text.</span></li> <li><span>Enter a shift-in character.</span></li> <li><span>End the double-byte character text with an apostrophe (').</span></li> </ol> <div class="section"><p>For example, to enter the double-byte character literal ABC, enter the following characters, where SO represents the shift-out character and SI represents the shift-in character:</p> <pre>'SOABCSI'</pre> <p>Limit the length of a double-byte character text description of an object to 14 double-byte characters, plus the shift control characters, to make sure that the description is properly displayed and printed.</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagsdesigndbcsapps.htm" title="Design your application programs for processing double-byte data in the same way you design application programs for processing alphanumeric data.">Develop applications that process DBCS data</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>