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Specifying Additional Attribute Values

Use the Edit Field Type Defaults to specify the default initial values for some additional basic attributes of the field; for instance, field exit options and edit codes. You can obtain this panel in either of two ways:

• For existing field types, enter Z next to the field type on the Display Field Types panel
• Press Enter when defining a new attribute type from the Edit Field Type panel.

  

The Edit Field Type Defaults panel allows you to enter and change the following attributes of the field type:

• Internal length
• External length
• Data type
• Mnemonic code
• Keyboard shift
• Lowercase
• Mandatory fill
• Modulus 10/11
• Valid System Name (VNM)
• Field Exit options
• Edit codes