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Hello,

A question please.
when i am mapping a file with a copybook on file aid, I am seeing the format column like this :

3/AN
4/AN
10/AN

I'd want to see the position instead of the length and type of each field.

How could I change it the format ?

Thanks in advance !

Hello,

I suspect you have to tell File-Aid the length/type and from this File-Aid calculates the position. . .

I realize this question is rather old... but just for the sake of having an answer for others to find while searching....

The way to change the display to show the position instead of the length is SHOW OFFSET.
This will change the display to something more like this:

COLUMNS-
1
2
3
5
10
18

Another option is SHOW PIC (as in SHOW PICTURE) which will give you a display more like this:

PICTURE
9
9
99
V9(5)
9(8)

To change back to displaying the length and type, enter SHOW FORMAT.