When to indicate a DBCS file

 

This topic describes the situations in which you should indicate that a file is DBCS. You should indicate that a file is DBCS in one or more of the following situations:

• The file receives input, or displays or prints output, which has double-byte characters.

• The file contains double-byte literals.

• The file has double-byte literals in the DDS that are used in the file at processing time (such as constant fields and error messages).

• The DDS of the file includes DBCS keywords.

• The file stores double-byte data (database files).

 

Parent topic:

DBCS device file support