The following section describes, by position, DDS for describing display files. Positions not mentioned have no special considerations for UCS-2 Level 1.
Specify the length of the field in these positions. The length of a field containing UCS-2 Level 1 data can range from 1 through 16 381 bytes.
When determining the program length of a field containing UCS-2 Level 1 data, consider the following:
The only valid data type for UCS-2 Level 1 data is the G data type.
Normally, by specifying G, the field would contain graphic-DBCS data. In combination with the CCSID keyword, the field now contains UCS-2 Level 1 data. On output, the data is mapped to corresponding characters in the CCSID that the device is configured as. On input, the data is mapped to corresponding UCS-2 Level 1 characters.
Leave these positions blank when using UCS-2 Level 1 data.
The DFT keyword may contain SBCS, bracketed-DBCS, or bracketed-DBCS-graphic character strings when specified on a UCS-2 capable field.
No validity checking is allowed on a UCS-2 capable field.
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