INDARA (Indicator Area) Keyword for Display Files

Use this file-level keyword to remove option and response indicators from the buffer (also called the record area) and place them in a 99-byte separate indicator area.

This keyword has no parameters.

Specifying INDARA provides the following advantages:

If you specify INDARA, you can add, change, or delete option and response indicators in the DDS and re-create the file without re-creating the high-level language program. This is true 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, it would still need to be changed and re-created.

If you specify INDARA, some high-level languages may 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 INDARA, the LOGINP and LOGOUT keywords do not log response or option indicators when your program sends I/O operations. This is because response and option indicators do not appear in the input or output buffers.

Option indicators are not valid for this keyword.