In F mode, format 4 of the @EDIT statement switches between the full display of records and the display of a record section in the current work file's data window.
Operation | Operands | F mode |
@EDIT | LONG [ ON | OFF ] | |
ON | The display in F mode is set in such a way that the records are (if possible) fully displayed in the data window. The line number display is deactivated. Activating |
OFF | The display of long records in F mode is set in such a way that only a section (depending on the terminal and @VDT and @PAR INDEX setting, this may be 70, 72, 80, 122, 124 or 132 characters) is visible in the data window. For details on work file display, see section “The work window”. The line number display remains active when |
At the start of an EDT session, @EDIT LONG OFF is set by default for all the work files.
In EDIT-LONG mode, neither the column counter activated with @PAR SCALE=ON nor an information line requested with @PAR INFORMATION=ON are displayed. The column counter and information lines are not displayed until EDIT-LONG mode is exited.
The activation and deactivation of EDIT-LONG mode applies at work file level. If the relevant work file is displayed in multiple data windows on the screen then the same mode is used in both data windows.
The @PAR EDIT-LONG statement can be used instead of @EDIT format 4 and has the same functionality. Furthermore, @PAR EDIT-LONG can be used for a specific work file or globally for all the work files and is also permitted in L mode and therefore in EDT procedures.