AS/400 indicators for the field
In this table, you declare additional indicators for the attribute positioning in case of an error, only for the Data Elements that are called in Screens with an O : AS/400 type of COBOL. These indicators are automatically generated in the Screen DDS (Data Description Specifications). They must be managed through specific code. To open the table where you can declare additional indicators, click More in the definition section of the Data Element call or click the button that is displayed when you click the Ind. number column.
The first column of the table can be used to select contiguous or non-contiguous lines. To select contiguous lines, click this column on the first line to select and press the shift key on your keyboard. Then, select the other lines by clicking the last line to select or by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. To select non-contiguous lines, click a line, and then select the other lines by clicking the first column and pressing the ctrl key on your keyboard.
To declare an additional indicator in the table, click Add and enter values in the following fields:
- Number. You can enter two types of indicator numbers:
- A numeric value 001 - 099,
- NUM to generate numeric or signed numeric fields.
The numbers of the additional indicators are not displayed directly in the -CE Lines. To see them, you must open the table where you specify them.
You can add more than one indicator for the same Data Element call.
- Switch. The values of the switch depend on the indicator number:
- For an indicator with a number 001 - 099, you can turn the switch on or off.
- For an indicator whose number is NUM, the only possible value is *.
- Attribute. The possible values for the attribute type depend on the indicator number:
- For an indicator with a number 001 - 099, you can select up to four attribute types for the display of the Data Element label and four attribute types for the display of the Data Element content. The following attribute types can be selected: C: Color, I: Intensity, P: Presentation, and R: Protect. The values that you can select in the Label and Content columns are determined by the selected attribute type.
- For an indicator whose number is NUM, select S for a signed numeric Data Element or Y for a pure numeric Data Element.
- Label.
The attribute for the display of the Data Element label can be selected only for an indicator with a number 001 - 099. The list of the available values depends on the attribute type. For example, for an attribute with a C: Color type, the list displays colors, whereas for an attribute with an I: Intensity type, the list displays the dark and light values.
- Content.
The explanations are identical to the explanations of the Label column, except that they apply to the display of the Data Element content.