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Xerox 4112-4127 Enterprise Printing System-192 User Manual

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Specifying input parameters

Using LCDS Print Description Language

2-41

Options

Default

0

RECORD STRUCTURE

Specifies the general record structure of the input data.

Syntax

RECORD STRUCTURE = structure-type

Options

Default

FB

RECORD command: Points to note

Note the following when using the RECORD command:

LTHFLD, OFFSET, FORMAT, and PREAMBLE parameters
The values for these parameters may be overridden if
STRUCTURE is changed as the result of ANSI or IBM OS/
Standard label processing.

CONSTANT and STRUCTURE parameters

Table 2-46. RECORD PREAMBLE parameter options and definitions

Option

Definition

length

An integer in the range of 0 to the record length that specifies the number of
bytes from the first byte of the tape record to the first byte of the first logical
record

Table 2-47. RECORD STRUCTURE parameter options and definitions

Option

Definition

structure-type

Type of structure of the record. May be any of the following:

FB (fixed length blocked)

F (fixed length)

V (variable length)

VB (variable length blocked)

U (undefined length)

UB (undefined length blocked)