List of Format Information fields

You can register the Format Information of the file to send. You can register a maximum of 32766 Format Information records. The maximum number of fields you can register for a single record is 1000, while 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.

(1) Field List

Table 4.80 List of Format Information Fields
Field Name	Setting Value	Optional	Remarks
Format ID	Alphanumeric characters	-	Within 50 bytes starting with an alphabetic character
Comment	Characters	✓	Within 60 bytes (*1)
Field Name	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.

(2) Explanation of each field

This section explains the fields to be specified in the Format Information.

Format ID

The ID to identify the registered format information

This format ID is associated with the following fields:

Format/Multi Format ID in the Send Management Information
Default Format ID and Format ID in the Multi Format Information

Comment

Comment for the format

Field Name

Name that identifies the field

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 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.

Omitting this field sets '0.'

Field Type

Type of data of the relevant field

X:: Character
B:: Binary
P:: Signed Internal Decimal
N:: Double-byte Graphic Characters
M:: Variable-length 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 4.81 Details of Field Type
Field Type		Size (Bytes)	Field Explanation
X	Character	1–9999	Character data format that contains only EBCDIC code. The field type cannot include IBM Kanji 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	2–9998	Character data format that contains only double-byte codes. The field type cannot include EBCDIC codes. Only even-numbered bytes can be handled. The field type is used for double-byte codes without shift codes.
M	Variable-length Characters	1–9999	Character data format where EBCDIC codes and double-byte codes coexist. Double-byte codes must be enclosed within shift codes.
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.

(3) Points to be noted when configuring settings

Field Name Duplication

Within the same format ID, you cannot specify the same field name more than once.

When specifying half-width katakana for name of field

Specifying a half width katakana for the name of the field fails in outputting header in CSV format properly.

Comment and Field Name

Even if full-width characters that are registered in Comment and the Field Name can be displayed on the HULFT Manager Management Console, the characters may not be displayed correctly on the HULFT Management Console for HULFT8 for IBMi.