Type 1 in the

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column beside the fields to be selected and press the Enter key.

Field Name Description
Type Shows the type of the fields which are contained in the specified record
format.
PPacked decimal data field.
ZZoned decimal data field.
BBinary data field.
FFloating point data field.
CCharacter data field.
DDBCS data-capable field.
VC Variable character data field.
VD Variable DBCS data-capable field.
LDate data field.
TTime data field.
STimestamp data field.
GDBCS-graphic data field.
VG Variable DBCS-graphic data field.
Text Shows the description text of the fields.
Design Record Layout

In this section, records are distinguished depending on their definitions as follows:

The record defined in the database file is referred to as a database file

record.

|The record defined by the following process with the Print Format Utility based
|on the database file record will be simply referred to as a record.
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Design Record Layout Columns: 1- 74
Control . . PFD definition . . . . . PRODUCTLBL
\...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....
ðð1
ðð2
ðð3
ðð4
ðð5
ðð6
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ð1ð
ð11
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ð13
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F3=Exit F6=Text F9=Line F1ð=Box
F11=Bar code F21=Element edit F22=Block edit F24=More keys
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Initially, there is nothing defined in the record. From this display, you can define

the record layout, that is, which fields of the database file member or which

elements such as a line, a box, or a bar code will be printed at what location within

the record which is defined for the PFD definition.

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