Keywords › MAXLEN Keyword—Define FDT Maximum Length › Example: MAXLEN Keyword

Example: MAXLEN Keyword

This example changes an FDT field length from 8 to 17:

TSS ADDTO(FDT) FDTNAME($PERS)
               MAXLEN(8)
               SEGMENT(PERSDEPT)
               FDTCODE(1E)
               DISPLAY('PERSDEPT')

TSS REPLACE(FDT) FDTNAME($PERS)
                 MAXLEN(17)

Note: The total number of bytes available for all user‑defined fields is 32,767.