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Numeric Edit Pattern Restrictions

The Enhanced Block Mode Screen Generator for the z/OS target platform synthesizes format 1 and format 2 edit patterns from the edit pattern syntax used before COOL:Gen 5.0. Format 3 edit patterns are not synthesized, nor can they be entered directly by the user. The discussion is included in this release for completeness, as the generated source file contains these different types.

The standard generator may be forced by defining an environment variable, named TIMAPGEN, and setting it to a value of 1. If omitted, or set to a value of 2, then the enhanced generator is used when targeting z/OS. If generating under z/OS, an option is provided on the generation dialogs.