DDS for display files

IGCCNV (DBCS Conversion) keyword

This file-level keyword lets you use DBCS conversion, an alternative to directly typing in DBCS characters from a keyboard, in display files.

The format for the keyword is:

IGCCNV(CFnn line-number)

The first parameter, CFnn, identifies which command function key, when pressed, begins and ends the conversion function. Specify any CF key (CF01 through CF24) as the parameter value. Do not specify a CF key that has already been assigned a function.

The second parameter, line-number, identifies where (on the display) the system should place the conversion prompt line. When you type the alphanumeric word to be converted on the conversion prompt line, the system displays related DBCS words. The prompt line requires an entire display line and looks like this:

_ ______  _ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

The underlined fields (_) are input fields, in which you type the word to be converted and specify the type of conversion to be performed.

The field indicated with XXXX is an output field, in which the system displays DBCS words related to the alphanumeric entry to be converted.

The prompt line can be placed anywhere on the display, as long as it does not overlap other displayed records that contain input fields.

Consider the following when using the IGCCNV keyword:

Example:

The following example shows how to specify the IGCCNV keyword on the DDS coding form.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
00100A*
00101A*
00102A                                      IGCCNV(CF24 24)
00103A          R MENU
     A

A user can press the F24 key to begin and end DBCS conversion. Conversion may be used on all input-capable DBCS fields. The conversion format is displayed on line 24.


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