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  3. July 2006

New .FDF format in V5R4

FYI all:
IBM has changed the .FDF (file description file) format with the release of V5R4 from the cryptic version dating from PC Support/38 to a more Windows like .INI format.
Looks like this will provide for more enhancements (metadata possibilities) as the push to be more SQL-like comes to the forefront. 

OLD:

PCFDF
PCFT 1
PCFO 3,1,6,1,1
PCFL C1CUST 1 5
PCFL C1PLT 1 2
PCFL C1INVNO 1 7
PCFL C1INVDTE 1 6
PCFL C1GROSS 1 10
PCFL C1DISC 1 10

NEW:

[Data Transfer File Description]
FieldCount=6
FileType=1
Version=2
[Options]
DateFormat=1
DateSep=1
DcmlSep=1
TimeFormat=1
TimeSep=1
[F0001]
Length=5
Name=C1CUST
Type=1
[F0002]
Length=2
Name=C1PLT
Type=1
[F0003]
Length=7
Name=C1INVNO
Type=1
[F0004]
Length=6
Name=C1INVDTE
Type=1
[F0005]
Length=10
Name=C1GROSS
Type=1
[F0006]
Length=10
Name=C1DISC
Type=1

Jerry

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