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Format Instructions

Format instructions are identified by having #F in columns 12 and 13. One or more format instructions must immediately follow a definition instruction and are related to it by having the same skeleton number. A format instruction defines the name and description of a record format within the display file that should be included within the skeleton, which is named within the preceding definition instruction. If more than one format instruction follows a definition instruction, the relevant record formats are included in the skeleton in the order the format instructions appear.

Format instructions can include 2 Y/N 'flags', as follows:

• Command key flag
• This Y/N flag is held in column 29 and defines whether the record format contains command key text. This information is used by the HTML generator to build the list of command key buttons and their text.
• Controlling format flag

  This Y/N flag is held in column 30 and defines whether the record format is the controlling format; whether it is the write/read record format that contains the screen identification text that is used at runtime to identify the screen. Only one record format within a skeleton can be defined as the controlling format.

Instruction-specific data is as follows: