Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.6

Hexadecimal format

This topic describes the hexadecimal editing capabilities of the Formatted Data Editor.

Hexadecimal (hex) format alters the display of each field in a data set to show the vertical hexadecimal representation of each field in the two rows immediately following the original record. The hex that is displayed in the editor is the actual EBCDIC hex content located on the host, not the local ASCII representation displayed in the editor. The hex format can be toggled on and off within the formatted or character pages at any time by selecting the button labeled “Hex” in the toolbar.

When the hex editing function is enabled, the Data validation techniques described previously are not enforced except for incorrect hex digits that are entered into the hex field. Incorrect data for the data type (for example, alphanumeric data into a binary field) can be forced into a field as long as the digits entered into the hex field's are the numbers 0-9 or letters A-F. Entering incorrect data will cause a series of red asterisks to be displayed in the field's standard display area, denoting it as containing incorrect content for its data type. The only other time fields may be found to be in error is when the editor initially loads the data set.

Hex format displays the hex values of records in a data set.

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