Equivalent Free-form Coding for Fixed-Form File Entries

Equivalent Free-form Coding for Fixed-Form File Entries

Table 1. Free-form equivalents for fixed-form file entries

Fixed-form-entry	Free-form equivalent
File type	USAGE keyword
File designation	No free-form syntax is related to the file designation. All free-form files are fully-procedural or output.
End of file	Not supported in free-form
File addition	USAGE(*OUTPUT)
Sequence	Not supported in free-form
Record length	Parameter of device keyword DISK, PRINTER, SEQ, SPECIAL, WORKSTN
Limits processing	Not supported in free-form
Length of key field	Length parameter of the KEYED keyword
Record address type A and K	KEYED keyword
Record address type other than A or K	Not supported in free-form
File organization	I KEYED keyword T Not supported in free-form
Device	Device keyword DISK, PRINTER, SEQ, SPECIAL, WORKSTN