<?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="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Usage for printer files (position 38)" /> <meta name="abstract" content="Use this position to specify that a named field is an output-only or program-to-system field. Do not make an entry in this position for a constant (unnamed) field." /> <meta name="description" content="Use this position to specify that a named field is an output-only or program-to-system field. Do not make an entry in this position for a constant (unnamed) field." /> <meta name="DC.subject" content="usage positional entry" /> <meta name="keywords" content="usage positional entry" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzakdmstposy1.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2001, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2001, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="prtuse" /> <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>Usage for printer files (position 38)</title> </head> <body id="prtuse"><a name="prtuse"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Usage for printer files (position 38)</h1> <div><p>Use this position to specify that a named field is an output-only or program-to-system field. Do not make an entry in this position for a constant (unnamed) field.</p> <div class="p">The valid entries for printer files are: <ul><li><tt>O</tt> or blank: Output only</li> <li><tt>P</tt>: Program-to-system (special output field)</li> </ul> </div> <p>Output-only fields pass data from a program to the printer when the program prints a record.</p> <p>A program-to-system field is a named, numeric, or alphanumeric output-only field used to pass data between the program and the system. It is not printed. A program can send data to the field with an output operation, but the data is not printed.</p> <div class="p">The following rules apply to program-to-system fields: <ul><li>The field is always named.</li> <li>Locations are not valid.</li> <li>Length, data type, and decimal positions are specified as for other named fields.</li> <li>If a program-to-system field is used in the record format, it must be specified as a parameter on a keyword within the same record format.</li> <li>Program-to-system fields must appear after all data fields.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakdmstposy1.htm" title="You can find how to specify the first 44 positions of the data description specifications form for printer files in this topic.">Positional entries for printer files (positions 1 through 44)</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>