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Sample XRECLINE Statements and Resulting Record Descriptions

To Create A Three-Line Record Description:

To create a three-line record description that has the record name on line 1, the area and location mode on line 2, and the record size and description on line 3, use these statements:

XRECLINE REC-NAME
XRECLINE AREA,LOC-MODE
XRECLINE LENGTH,REC-DESC

A resulting record description looks like this:

ACTIVITY                                    94,   27 / AA
   ACTIVITY
   CLASS-REGION          CALC
       32

To Create A Six-Line Record Description:

To create a six-line record description that has the record name on line 1, a blank second line, the area, location mode, and record size on line 3, the description on line 4, the duplicates option on line 5, and the location control on line 6, use these statements:

XRECLINE REC-NAME
XRECLINE
XRECLINE AREA,LOC-MODE,LENGTH
XRECLINE REC-DESC
XRECLINE DUPS-OPT
XRECLINE LOC-CTRL

Here is a resulting record description:

  ACTIVITY                                      94,    27 / AA
      ACTIVITY

      CLASS-REGION          CALC          32

      DN
      ACT-CODE

To Create Blank Fields or Blank Lines for a record description:

A record description with a blank second line and a blank, 10-character field in line 3 is specified like this:

XRECLINE REC-NAME
XRECLINE
XRECLINE AREA,BLANK 10,LOC-MODE
XRECLINE LENGTH,REC-DESC

Note: You must put a space between the word BLANK and the blank field length. Leaving out the space results in an error message.

Record description with the above format:

 ACTIVITY                                      94,    27 / AA
      ACTIVITY

       CLASS-REGION          CALC
          32

To Combine Explicit and Implicit Placement of CALC Keys:

A record description with the first CALC key on the second line and additional CALC keys on the last lines is specified like this:

XRECLINE REC-NAME,LOC-MODE
XRECLINE LOC-CTRL(1)
XRECLINE AREA
XRECLINE LOC-CTRL(N)

Resulting record description:

ACTIVITY                                      94,    27 / AA
     ACTIVITY              CALC
     ACT-CODE
     CLASS-REGION

Use of LOC-CTRL(N) always reserves a position in the record description, even when there are not enough CALC keys to actually need it.