Use this file-level keyword to remove option and response indicators from the buffer, or record area, and place them in a 99-byte separate indicator area. Specifying the INDARA keyword provides the following advantages:
This keyword has no parameters.
If you specify the INDARA keyword, some high-level languages require that you specify in your program that a separate indicator area is to be used. See the appropriate high-level language manual.
If you specify the INDARA keyword, you can add, change, or delete option and response indicators in the DDS and recompile the file without recompiling the high-level language program. This is allowed because the field locations in the buffer have not changed and, therefore, the level check data has not changed. However, if the program is to take advantage of the new indicators, the program would still need to be changed and recompiled.
Option indicators are not valid for this keyword.
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