Type Conversion Options

Select one or more of the following check boxes to specify how the compiler handles date, time, timestamp, and graphic data types, and variable-length fields from externally described files.

Date, time, timestamp
Declare fields containing date, time, or timestamp data as fixed-length character fields.

DBCS graphic
Declare fields containing DBCS graphic data as fixed-length character fields.

Variable length
Declare fields containing variable-length character data as fixed-length character fields.

Variable DBCS graphic
Declare fields containing variable-length DBCS graphic data as fixed-length character fields.

If a box for fixed-length fields is not checked, then the native RPG date, time, timestamp, and graphic data types are used.

If a box for variable-length fields is not checked, then the fields are ignored.

Default: No check boxes selected