This section describes the bracketed-DBCS considerations for positional entries and keyword entries for ICF files.
The following section describes, by position, DDS for describing ICF files. Those positions not mentioned have no special considerations for DBCS.
The length of a field containing bracketed-DBCS data can range from 4 through 32 767 bytes.
Consider the following when determining the length of a DBCS field:
For example, a field that contains up to 3 DBCS characters, 1 shift-in character, and 1 shift-out character, has 8 bytes of data:
(3 characters x 2 bytes) + (shift-out + shift-in) = 8
The data type O (DBCS capable) makes a field DBCS. Both bracketed-DBCS and alphanumeric data can be used in a DBCS-capable field. Use shift-control characters to distinguish DBCS data from alphanumeric data.
Consider the following when describing an ICF file that contains DBCS data:
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