Methods for filling a record with data

The setByteData() methods fill a record completely with binary data (bytes); the old content is lost in the process. The data length of the record subsequently corresponds exactly to the length of the data entered.

The methods of the setStringData() family fill a record completely with text data (string). The data length of the record subsequently corresponds exactly to the length of the data entered.

If no encoding for converting text to data was specified by the user, the system-dependent standard encoding (in BS2000 the default value is OSD_EBCDIC_DF04_1) is used.