Commands › CA IDMS DMLO Commands › SET HEX/NATIVE Command

SET HEX/NATIVE Command

 SET record-name / HEX    \
                 < NATive >
                 │ DUMP   │
                 \ NODUMP /

 SET field-name ┌/ OF     \  record-name ┐ / HEX    \
                │< WIthin >              │ < NATive >
                └\ IN     /              ┘ │ DUMP   │
                                           \ NODUMP /

Use the SET HEX/NATIVE command to explicitly change the display format of the specified entity to/from hexadecimal format or the subschema-defined format, or in side-by-side hex and character formats (DUMP option).

The command does not cause the record, group, or element to be displayed. The new mode takes effect only when you enter the DISPLAY command or when a new occurrence of the record is obtained from the database.

When you specify NATIVE at the element level, CA IDMS DMLO displays the level number and usages (as shown below) of the specified element in the message area.

The DUMP option overrides, but does not replace, the current SET HEX/NATIVE setting for the specified record.

The NODUMP option causes the display option to revert to HEX or NATIVE, whichever was active when DUMP was specified.

You can make updates in either format at the same time. Data changes are processed left-to-right as follows:

1. Any changed hex data is applied to the record buffer.
2. Any character data which differs from the original buffer contents is applied to the record buffer.
3. The changed line is completely reformatted.