Format Information (Windows)

The Format Information of the file to send is registered. The number of fields you can register is 1000, while the number of bytes you can register is up to 19997 bytes in total. One field consists of several elements, from the Field Name to the Field Type.

Field List

Table 6.34 List of Format Information Fields

Field Name	Default Value	Setting Value	Optional	Remarks
Format ID		Uppercase alphanumeric characters	-	Within 8 bytes
Comment		Characters	✓	Within 60 bytes
Field Name		Characters	-	Within 16 bytes
Start Position		From 1 to 9999	✓
Byte Count		From 1 to 9999	-
Decimal Places		From 0 to 9	✓
Field Type		X,B,P,N,M,9,F,I,S	-

✓	:	Optional
-	:	Mandatory

Explanation of Each Field

Each field to be set in the Format Information is explained.

Format ID

The ID to identify the registered format

The Format ID is linked with the Format ID in the Send Management Information and the Multi Format Information.

Comment

The comment related to the format

Field Name

The name to identify a field

Start Position

The start position of the relevant field

The starting position of the field (byte count from the top of the record) is specified.

If defaulted, the sum value of the byte count and the Start Position of the preceding field is specified (automatically calculated).

Byte Count

The byte count of the relevant field

Decimal Places

The decimal places of the relevant field

Specify the Decimal Places when the field carries data in numeral and, if any, there is decimal position.

Field Type

The type of data of the relevant field

X:

Character

B:

Binary

P:

Signed Internal Decimal

N:

Kanji (Not Enclosed by Shift Codes)

M:

Mixing of Kanji and Characters

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 6.35 Details of Field Type

Field Type		Size (Bytes)	Field Explanation
X	Character	From 1 to 9999	Character data format that contains only ASCII code The field type should not include Shift-JIS codes
B	Binary	2,4,8	Numeric data format of signed integer
P	Signed Internal Decimal	From 1 to 10	Packed decimal data format with sign Only up to 18 digits can be handled
N	Kanji (Not Enclosed by Shift Codes)	From 2 to 9998	Character data format that contains only double byte code ASCII code should not be included Only even numbered bytes can be handled
M	Mixing of Kanji and Characters	From 1 to 9999	Character data format that ASCII code and double byte code coexist
9:	Unsigned External Decimal	From 1 to 18	Decimal data format of zoned numeric without sign
F	Floating point	4,8	Floating point data format with sign Supports the floating decimal format of IEEE
I	Image (No Conversion)	From 1 to 9999	Data format that indicates no conversion
S	Signed External Decimal	From 1 to 18	Decimal data format of zoned numeric with sign

 

Further, the values that can be handled as the sign part of the Signed External Decimal (S) or the Signed Internal Decimal (P) are as follows:

3,4,5,7

= Remarks =

For details on code conversion, refer to Windows Administration Manual for the destination host.

Points to be Noted When Setting