Data Tools Options dialog box
- General tab
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- Character set
- Select a default the character set for data files
- EBCDIC padding byte
- Specify a character to use as the EBCDIC padding byte. The hexadecimal equivalent is shown directly below.
- ANSI padding byte
- Specify a character to use as the ANSI padding byte. The hexadecimal equivalent is shown directly below.
- Data File Editor tab
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- Back up file before editing
- Check this to ensure that files are automatically backed up on opening
- Open read only
- Check this to open files as read only
- Always overtype in unformatted view
- Check this to specify overtype editing for unformatted view
- Update warning
- Check this to see a warning message before you update a file
- Delete warning
- Check this to see a warning message before you delete a record
- Show please note message
- Check to show low-priority messages
- Offsets (from 0)
- Select to count offsets from the 0-byte position
- Position (from 1)
- Select to count offsets from the 1st byte position
- IMS DB Editor tab
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- Update warning
- Check this to turn on update warnings during editing sessions.
- Delete warning
- Check this to turn on delete warnings during editing sessions.
- Number of segments per browser page
- Specify the number of segments to show on each Segment Browser page.