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Creating Blank Fields and Blank Lines In Record Descriptions

You can insert blank fields and blank lines in the record description for readability and to make room for handwritten notes.

To Create A Blank Field:

Enter BLANK nn as a field name, where nn specifies the length of the blank field in character spaces. The value nn must be an integer between 1 and 32, inclusive. A group of XRECLINE statements may contain a maximum of 20 BLANK fields.

To Create A Blank Line:

Use XRECLINE by itself (without a field name). The length of the blank line matches the length of the longest line in the record description.