Where you can use double-byte data

 

You can use double-byte data as data in files, as the text of messages, as the text of object descriptions, as literals and constants, and as data to be processed by high-level language programs.

• As data in files:

  • Data in database files.

  • Data entered in input-capable and data displayed in output-capable fields of display files.

  • Data printed in output-capable fields in printer files.

  • Data used as literals in display files and printer files.

• As the text of messages.

• As the text of object descriptions.

• As literals and constants, and as data to be processed by high-level language programs.

Double-byte data can be displayed only at DBCS display stations and printed only on DBCS printers. Double-byte data can be written onto diskette, tape, disk, and optical storage.

 

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Usage of double-byte data