Use these preferences to control how PL/I files are imported.
These settings affect all PL/I files that you import into the workspace,
for any project.
- General
- Use this tab to specify general options to use when you import
PL/I data structures.
- Platform
- Specifies the target generation platform. Select the appropriate
value from the pull down list.
- Code Page
- Specifies the code page for the locale. Select the appropriate
value from the popup window.
- Enable IMS support
- If you want to enable IMS support, select this option.
- Floating point format
- Specifies the floating point format. Select the appropriate value
from the pull down list.
- Endian
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- DBCS option
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- Graphic option
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- File Extension Support
- Specify the file extension support. To change the value, select
support for a specific file extension and then select the new value
from the list.
- More PL/I options
- Use this tab to specify the following options:
- Error message language
- Specify the language in which error messages should be displayed
when you import PL/I data structures into the workbench.
- LIMITS
- Specify the limit of each option:
- NAME
- Specify the maximum length of variable names in your program.
The maximum value allowed is 100; the minimum value is 31.
- EXTNAME
- Specifies the maximum length for EXTERNAL name. The maximum value
allowed 100; the minimum value is 7.
- FIXEDBIN
- Select the appropriate value from the pull down list.
- FIXEDEC
- Select the appropriate value from the pull down list.
- Margins
- Specify the margins:
- Left
- The column number of the leftmost character (first data byte)
that is processed by the compiler. This value cannot exceed 100.
- Right
- The column number of the rightmost character (last data byte)
that is processed by the compiler. This value should be greater that
the value of Left but the value cannot exceed 200, except under MVS™
batch where the value cannot exceed 100.
- Macro preprocessor
- Enable macro preprocessing facilities by selecting the MACRO option.
- SYSPARM
- The SYSPARM option allows you to specify the value of the string
that is returned by the macro facility built-in function SYSPARM.
- Character conversion
- Specify what each character should be converted to when importing
a PL/I data structure into the workbench. Specify the characters that
should be used in place of blank characters, currency signs, and NOT
and OR structures.
- NAMES
- Specify how names are handled when they are imported into the
workbench. By default, the names are imported as-is; however, you
can specify how to handle variant characters.
- SYSLIB
- Use this tab to specify source libraries for your PL/I data structures.