The field information section is a tabular view that displays
the actual field definitions defined within the record layout that
is being edited.
For each field definition within the view, you can specify several
options to help customize the way your data sets are displayed within
the Formatted Data Editor. These options including field selection,
field holding, and the ability to display an alphanumeric field in
hexadecimal characters.
Field sequence
Altering
the sequence of a field overrides the default order in which fields
are displayed in the Formatted Data Editor.
To change the
sequence of a field:- Select the field definition that you want to alter the sequence
of.
- Click in the Sequence column of the field
definition.
- Enter a numeric value that represents the position that you want
the field to be displayed in.
Field selection
Choosing
to make a field definition selected makes that particular field visible
when the template is applied to a data set. Fields that are not identified
as being selected will not be displayed when the template is applied.
To
mark a field as selected:- Select the field definition that you want selected.
- Click in the Selected column of the field
definition to display a toggle menu.
- Choose Select from the menu.
Alternatively, pressing
Enter, the
space
bar, or the letter
"s" accomplishes
the same task.
Field holding
Similarly,
if a field definition is identified as being held, that field will
always be visible on screen when the template is applied in the Formatted
Data Editor. This is particularly useful if you would like to keep
a certain field on screen at all times while you scroll through the
records in your data set.
To hold a field: - Select the field definition that you want to hold.
- Click in the Hold column of the field definition
to display a toggle menu.
- Choose Hold from the menu.
Alternatively, pressing
Enter, the
space
bar, or the letter
"h" accomplishes
the same task.
Long hexadecimal
Finally,
you can change the display of any alphanumeric field in a record layout
to long hexadecimal.
To display a field using long hexadecimal:- Select an alphanumeric field definition that you want to display
in the long hexadecimal format.
- Click in the Type column of the field definition
to display a drop-down menu.
- Choose AN for alphanumeric or AX for
alphanumeric hexadecimal.