Specifies the file format to use when creating files.
>>-.---.--FILETYPE--"integer"-------------->< +-/-+
integer | An integer representing the type to use.
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Default: | FILETYPE"0" |
Phase: | Syntax check |
$SET: | Any |
FILETYPE"integer" sets IDXFORMAT"integer" immediately.
This directive only works on files processed by the Micro Focus File Handler. Use the CALLFH directive if you are processing files other than indexed files.
To produce print files in the style of an IBM mainframe using FILETYPE"11", you must also:
select printfile assign "print" organization is sequential.
(Print files in the style of an IBM mainframe have a print control character in the first column.)