1=Create PFD Definition

File

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before you create a PFD

definition, you must create a PFD definiti

create a PFD definition file,

do

the following on

the Work with

PFD

display

on

page 197.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Type

1

 

inOptthecolumn in

the

first

line of the

list.

 

 

2. Type

the

name

of

the

new

PFD

definitFileon promptfile

inn the first

line

 

 

of

the

list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Type

the

name

of

the

library where the PFD definLibrarytion file res

 

 

prompt

in

 

the

first

line of

the

list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Press Enter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following

 

display appears:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

à

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create PFD Definition File

ð

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File . . . . . . . . . . . . :

PFD2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library

. . . . . . . . . :

PFULIB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type choices, press Enter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User specified DBCS data . .

N

 

 

Y=Yes, N=No

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text 'description' . . . . . File for product label

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

\LIBCRTAUT

 

Name, \LIBCRTAUT, \ALL

 

 

 

 

 

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

\CHANGE, \EXCLUDE, \USE

 

 

F3=Exit

F5=Refresh F12=Cancel

 

 

á

 

ñ

 

 

 

 

Using the Create PFD Definition

File display, you can create a PFD d

from the

information specified

on this display.

The Work with PFD Definitions display appears after the PFD definitio

created,

so that

you

can

 

create

PFD definitions

in the PFD definiti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Name

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File

 

Shows

the

name

of

the

PFD definition file you are going to

Library

Shows the

name

of

the

library

in which

the

PFD

definition f

 

 

created.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User specifiedThis

prompt

is

displayed

only when you are in

the

 

DBCS system

DBCS

Data

specifies

N (No)

or

Y

(Yes) in this prompt to specify wheth

 

 

(Double-Byte Character Set) data is used in the text data

 

 

definitions

in

the

PFD

definition

file or

not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM AS/400 manual Display Type, First Line List Type, Inn the first Line List Type, Create PFD Definition File

AS/400 specifications

The IBM AS/400, now known as the IBM iSeries, is a midrange computer system that has been a cornerstone of enterprise computing since its introduction in 1988. Designed to provide a robust platform for business applications, the AS/400 is celebrated for its reliability, scalability, and integrated database capabilities.

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