List of Format Information fields

You can register the Format Information of the file to send. The number of fields you can register is 1000. The number of bytes you can register is up to 19997 bytes in total. One field consists of several elements, from Field Name to Field Type. For the registration method, refer to Using the Format Information.

Field List

Table 4.60 List of Format Information Fields

Field Name		Default Value	Setting Value	Optional	Remarks
Screen	File
Format ID	FMT		Uppercase alphanumeric characters and "_"	-	Within 50 bytes
Comment	COMMENT		Characters	✓	Within 60 bytes (*1)
Field Name	FORMAT DEF to DEFEND		Characters	-	Within 16 bytes (*2)
Start Position			1–9999	✓
Byte Count			1–9999	-
Decimal Places			0–9	✓
Field Type			(*3)	-

✓	:	Optional
-	:	Mandatory

*1	:	On the HULFT Manager Management Console, you can enter a string of up to 60 characters. When the destination host is HULFT Ver.8.1 or higher, the size of the string that you entered will be checked based on the code set that is set in HULFT at the connection destination. When HULFT checks and confirms that the size of the string meets the condition that is given in the remarks, the characters that you entered will be saved in HULFT.
*2	:	On the HULFT Manager Management Console, you can enter a string of up to 16 characters. When the destination host is HULFT Ver.8.1 or higher, the size of the string that you entered will be checked based on the code set that is set in HULFT at the connection destination. When HULFT checks and confirms that the size of the string meets the condition that is given in the remarks, the characters that you entered will be saved in HULFT.
*3	:	For the HULFT Manager Management Console, click a setting value on the pulldown list.

Explanation of each field

This section explains the fields to be specified in the Format Information. The parenthesized strings are the names of each field and you can use them as field tags in a parameter file when registering the information.

Format ID (FMT)

ID to identify the registered format

This format ID is associated with the following fields:

• Format/Multi Format ID (FMTID) in the Send Management Information

• Default Format ID (DFMTID) and Format ID (MFORMAT DEF to DEFEND) in the Multi Format Information

Comment (COMMENT)

Comment for the format

Field Name (FORMAT DEF to DEFEND)

Name that identifies the fields

Start Position

Start position of the relevant field

Specify the start position of the field (byte count from the top of the record).

If omitted, the sum value of the byte count and the start position of the preceding field is specified (automatically calculated).

Byte Count

Byte count of the relevant field

Decimal Places

Decimal places of the relevant field

Specify this field when the field contains numerical data, including data in decimal positions.

Field Type

Type of data of the relevant field

X:

Character

B:

Binary

P:

Signed Internal Decimal

N:

Double-byte Graphic Characters (This option is displayed when HULFT Manager connects to HULFT Ver.8.1 or higher)

N:

Kanji (Not Enclosed by Shift Codes) (This option is displayed when HULFT Manager connects to HULFT lower than Ver.8.1)

M:

Variable-length Characters (This option is displayed when HULFT Manager connects to HULFT Ver.8.1 or higher)

M:

Mixing of Kanji and Characters (This option is displayed when HULFT Manager connects to HULFT lower than Ver.8.1)

9:

Unsigned External Decimal

F:

Floating Point

I:

Image (No Conversion)

S:

Signed External Decimal

The details of the field type are shown below.

Table 4.61 Details of Field Type

Field Type		Size (Bytes)	Field Explanation
X	Character	1–9999	Character data format that contains only ASCII code. The field type cannot include double-byte codes.
B	Binary	2,4,8	Numeric data format of signed integers.
P	Signed Internal Decimal	1–10	Packed decimal data format with signs. Only up to 18 digits can be handled.
N	Double-byte Graphic Characters or Kanji (Not Enclosed by Shift Codes)	2–9998	Character data format that contains only double-byte codes and does not contain any shift codes. ASCII code cannot be included. Only even-numbered bytes can be handled.
M	Variable-length Characters or Mixing of Kanji and Characters	1–9999	Character data format where ASCII codes and double-byte codes coexist.
9	Unsigned External Decimal	1–18	Decimal data format of zoned numeric values without signs.
F	Floating Point	4,8	Floating point data format with signs. Supports the floating decimal format of IEEE.
I	Image (No Conversion)	1–9999	Data format that indicates no conversion.
S	Signed External Decimal	1–18	Decimal data format of zoned numeric values with signs.

For details on Code Conversion rules for each field type, refer to Code Conversion Manual for the destination host.

Points to be noted when configuring settings