To display the contents of this section, you must click the Add Data Element call button or select a Data Element call line in the tree. If you add a Data Element call, you are requested to select a Data Element among those already present in the current location, or define a new one. In this section, you must give the characteristics of the Data Element call
In this section, you can also define special Data Elements: Function keys, passwords and Error messages
On IMS, this value enables you to set a password on a specific Screen (generation of the PASSWORD Macro at the MID level).
It is used to reserve the location of the error messages. It may be vertically repeated.
Its default length is 72 characters and it can be modified if ERMSG is defined in the Repository with a different format.
The selected type must be P: Protected field.
The Data Element is displayed and protected on the screen but received by the program.
If the Data Element does not have a conversational format, it is displayed with its output format.
The Data Element is displayed and protected on the screen but not received by the program.
If the Data Element does not have a conversational format, it is displayed with its output format.
The Data Element is displayed and not protected on the screen. It can be edited and is received by the program.
If the Data Element does not have a conversational format, its extended internal format is used instead (including the sign and decimal point if relevant).
If no Data Element is displayed or if you want to modify the Data Element displayed, click the Change... button. A wizard displays the instances already present in the current location. Select an instance or create an instance and click OK.
Line overflow is automatically controlled.
If both the line and column numbers equal zero, the element is automatically positioned on the next tabulation point available.
Any line length overflow and field overlapping are automatically detected. However, the presence of a space in front of each field is not verified.
If both the line and column numbers equal zero, the element is automatically positioned on the next tabulation point available.
The Data Element label is repeated only if it is a column heading.
Each occurrence of the Data Element is separated by a space.
This repetition is only possible for an elementary Data Element. .
The number of horizontal repetitions of the first Data Element in the repetitive category helps determine the number of lines for each occurrence.
All the Data Elements and labels of the repetitive category, which may contain several lines, are repeated vertically. Column headings appear only once.
You select here the presentation attributes for the content of the Data Element displayed on the Screen.
You select here the presentation attributes for the label of the Data Element displayed on the Screen.
The values of the field correspond to the association between the Data Element and the presentation characteristics for these labels (left-justified...).
Value | Comment |
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Default value | Defaults to the value specified in the Dialog. |
F: Data Element only | |
L: Data Element with long label, left-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, left-justified, on 36 positions. |
M: Data Element with long label, right-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, right-justified, on 36 positions. |
N: Data Element with long label, left-justified, trimmed right | The Data Element is preceded by the Data Element label, left-justified with suppression of blanks on the right. |
R: Data Element with long relational label, left-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the relational label, left-justified on 18 positions. |
S: Data Element with short label, left-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, left-justified, on 18 positions. |
T: Data Element with short label, right-justified | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, right-justified, on 18 positions. |
U: Data Element with short label, left-justified, trimmed right | The Data Element is preceded by the short label, left-justified, with suppression of blanks on the right. |
1: Data Element topped by a single line column label | |
2: Data Element topped by a 2–line column label | |
3: Data Element topped by a 3–line column label |
In an IMS configuration, if no cursor is specified, the cursor is positioned on the first Data Element of the Screen; except in the case of LOGICAL PAGING (LPAGE option selected in the Dialog Complement) where the cursor is positioned at the top of the Screen.
You cannot indicate a simulation value if a repetition is specified.
You cannot indicate an initial value if a repeated character is specified.