The file attribute CODED-CHARACTER-SET identifies the file’s character set via the CCS name. This character set defines the presentation of the file content on output media (for example screen, printer) for characters and the collating sequence.
The file attribute CODED-CHARACTER-SET is, for example, evaluated by the COMPARE-DISK-FILES, MAIL-FILE, PRINT-DOCUMENT and SHOW-FILE commands and by the software products EDT and openFT.
A default user character set can be entered for a user ID. When the file attribute CODED-CHARACTER-SET is defined, it can be specified that the default user character set from the user entry should be accepted.
A default system character set can be entered in the system parameter HOSTCODE. When a default user character set is defined, it can be specified that the default system character set should be accepted.
Details are provided in the "XHCS" manual [21 (Related publications)].
In addition, there is the NET-CODED-CHAR-SET file attribute for node files, which identifies the character set with which the file is saved on Net-Storage. This character set is necessary to process SAM node files (see section “Character set for node files”).
The standard for node file character sets is defined in the NETCODE system parameter. This value can be transferred to the user entry as NET-CODED-CHAR-SET (see commands ADD-USER and MODIFY-USER-ATTRIBUTES).