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Use this field-level keyword to specify an alternative name for a field. When the
program is compiled, the alternative name is brought into the program instead of
the DDS field name. The high-level language compiler in use determines if the
alternative name is used.
Use this field-level keyword to display the current date or the current system date
as a constant field 6 or 8 bytes long. You can specify the location of the field, the
DATE keyword,
The date separator parameter specifies the separator character that appears
between the year, month, and day. Valid values are a slash (/), dash (), period (.),
comma (,) or blank ( ). Apostrophes must enclose the parameter.
Use this record- or field-level keyword to specify the font ID for printing a named
or constant field or fields within a record.
Use this file-level keyword to remove option indicators from the buffer (also called
the record area) and place them in a 99-byte separate indicator area.
Use this field-level keyword to define the location of a named field on the page.
The format of the keyword is:
POSITION(position-down | &position-down-field
position-across | &position-across-field)
Use this file-, record-, or field-level keyword to specify that the printer device is to
skip to a specific line number after it prints one or more lines.
The format of the keyword is:
SKIPA(skip-after-line-number)
The parameter value is required and must be in the range 1 through 255.
If you specify the keyword at the file level, you must option it with one or more
indicators. If you specify the keyword at the record or field level, option indicators
are optional. The specified skip is performed after each record in the file prints.
If you specify the keyword at the record level, skipping is performed after all the
lines associated with the record print and before any file-level SKIPA keywords are applied.
If you specify the keyword at the field level, skipping is performed after the field prints.
Use this record- or field-level keyword to specify that the printer device is to space
some number of lines after it prints one or more lines.
The format of the keyword is:
SPACEA(space-after-value)
The parameter value is required and must be in the range 0 through 255.
If you specify this keyword at the record level, spacing occurs after all lines
associated with that record are printed. You can specify this keyword only once at
the record level and once for each field.
If you specify SPACEA at the field level, spacing is performed after the field is
printed. This keyword is not valid for records with specified line numbers