The options selected in the tab determine the choices available in the Item Type list displayed in the Add COBOL Data Item Redefinition dialog box.
The following table describes the options available on the COBOL Types page.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Include Micro Focus COBOL data types | Select this tick-box to include Micro Focus COBOL data types in the list of data types displayed in the Item Type list in the Add COBOL Data Item Redefinition dialog box. Selecting this box also displays the Data File Format box on the Data Source page. If the data files to be accessed through this catalog do not include any Micro Focus COBOL data types, do not select this tick-box. |
| Include RM/COBOL data types | Select this tick-box to include RM/COBOL data types in the list of data types displayed in the Item Type list in the Add COBOL Data Item Redefinition dialog box. If the data files to be accessed through this catalog do not include any RM/COBOL data types, do not select this tick-box. |
| Include EBCDIC data types | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes the EBCDIC data types. |
| Include alphanumeric edited data types | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes the alphanumeric edited data type described by the PICTURE character-string; for example, PIC XBXBX. |
| Include data types specific to RM/COBOL (74) | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes the COMP-3 and COMP data types with a special positive sign convention. |
| Include data types specific to RM/COBOL (74) found in the RM/COS operating system | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes the special COMP-3 and COMP data types with regard to minus and positive sign conventions in the RM/COS operating system. |
| Computational data types | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes the signed decimal COBOL data type described by the USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL clause. |
| Computational No Sign data types | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes COMP-6 data type extension found in RM/COBOL. |
| Include numeric edited data types | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes the numeric edited data type described by the PICTURE character-string; for example, PIC Z9.99. |
| Include floating point data types | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog includes the floating point COBOL data types described by the USAGE IS COMP-1 and COMP-2 clause. Note Floating point data types will appear in the Item Type list in the Add COBOL Data Item Redefinition dialog box only if the Micro Focus Types tick-box is selected. |
| Include JUSTIFIED data types | When this tick-box is selected, the catalog accepts data items described with the JUSTIFIED clause. |
| Binary Byte Storage Mode | When this tick-box is selected, BINARY usage (and other binary usages, such as COMP-4, COMP-5, and possibly COMP) are assumed
to use byte storage mode . If this tick-box is not selected, binary usage items are assumed to use word storage mode .
Note: In word storage mode, the same number of bytes is assigned regardless of whether the data item is signed or unsigned. In byte
storage mode, the number of bytes assigned is dependent on whether the data item is signed or unsigned.
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