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Specify the keyboard shift to limit what the user can type into a field.
Note - V11 SP5 onwards:
- Keyboard Shift U is no longer an option. New Field Attribute SUNI indicates if a field is a Unicode field or not.
- Keyboard shift settings can be changed and maintained via the LANSA Editor.
Valid keyboard shift values are based on 1.1 Field Types.
Rules
Allowable values are:
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IBM i: The IBM i DBCS or IGC data types J, E & O have been implemented as the Alpha LANSA data type with LANSA keyboard shift J, E & O respectively.
J
Alpha, Used for DBCS only.
E
Alpha. Used for all DBCS characters or all SBCS characters. Both DBCS and SBCS are not allowed in the same field.
O
Alpha. Used for mixed DBCS and SBCS
- IBM i: Refer to the IBM manual Data Description Specifications for more details about DDS Data Type/Keyboard Shift for display files (Position 35).