Sample Records in Structured Format

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Sample Records in Structured Format

The following screen shows a record in COBOL or PL/I structured format.

DATATYPE= FC FILEID= INVNTRY MODE= LOG=OFF TODEST= PASSWORD= FUNC= SUBFUNC= RETMETH= ARGTYP= SRCHTYP= MESSAGE= RECORD OBTAINED FOR VIEWING RETNRCID=F1D7D9D6E3E2E8D440000000000000000000000000000000 CHGELEN= RCID= C'1' DATA= SIZE= 02D8 FORMAT= S USE= PRODUCT.PRODREC LOC 0050 Name Hexadecimal Character ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 PRODREC | | 02 PRODUCTTYPE | D3 | L 02 PRODUCTCODE | C2D4D5C8 40404040 | BMNH 02 PRODUCTDESCRIPTION | E6D9C5D5 C3C8 | WRENCH 02 PRODUCTSITE | D1 | J | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Help 2 Format D 3 End 4 BEGB 5 6 DataType DL 7 Page bwd 8 Page fwd 9 Caps Off 10 Top 11 Bottom 12

The following screen shows a record in Assembler structured format.

DATATYPE= FC FILEID= INVNTRY MODE= LOG=OFF TODEST= PASSWORD= FUNC= SUBFUNC= RETMETH= ARGTYP= SRCHTYP= MESSAGE= RETNRCID=D3C2D4D5C840404040404040404040404040404040404040 CHGELEN= RCID= C'1' DATA= SIZE= 0050 FORMAT= S USE= PRODUCT.PRODREC LOC 0000 Displacement Hexadecimal Character ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRODTYPE 0 | D3 | L PRODCODE 1 | C2D4D5C8 40404040 | BMNH PRODDESC 9 | E6D9C5D5 C3C8 | WRENCH PRODSITE 18 | D1 | J | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Help 2 Format D 3 End 4 BEGB 5 6 DataType DL 7 Page bwd 8 Page fwd 9 Caps Off 10 Top 11 Bottom 12

Both screens list the contents of each data name in both hexadecimal and character format.
For Assembler DSECTs, the display also includes the displacement.
Non‑displayable bytes are represented by periods.

Structured format is very similar to dump format:

Record/segment display—For Assembler, 16 bytes per line; for COBOL or PL/I, 12 bytes per line in hexadecimal and character

Numeric information (such as, SIZE, LOC)—Hexadecimal

Field entry—Hexadecimal or universal mode

Position of first byte of data in record or segment—LOCation 0

The structure‑name remains valid throughout the FILE session unless it is changed. This lets you shift display formats or data types without re‑entering the structure‑name.