Settings Page

Some fields under the Settings page apply only to specific languages, as indicated by the COBOL (C), PL/I (P), and RPG (R) columns.

General Section
Field Description
Package The name of a package that contains this resource.
Name The name of the resource label.
Description A short description of the copybook resource.
Settings Section
Field Literal Value/Module Property? Description C P R
Copybook Type No The copybook type COBOL, PL/I, or RPG. x x x
File Encoding No The encoding of the copybook content. This field is in effect when you import a copybook (see Import Button) and save its content to a file (see Copybook Page). x x x
Day/Month Order No The order of the day and month in all the DATE FORMAT XXXX patterns for this copybook. x    
Default Date Format No The DATE FORMAT pattern to apply when converting the XML schema date type to a COBOL copybook’s DATE FORMAT clause. x    
Floating Point No For COBOL: floating point format for COMP-1 and COMP-2.

For PL/I: The default value for HEXADEC or IEEE floating- point attributes.

Note: The resources containing COBOL copybooks and created with versions of the plug-in before 3.2.0 default to IEEE in order preserve existing application behavior.

For details, see Handling of Floating Point Items .

x x  
TRUNC(BIN) No When using the TRUNC(BIN) compiler option, all binary (COMP) sending fields are treated as either halfword, fullword, or doubleword values, depending on the PICTURE clause. Code is generated to truncate all binary receiving fields to the corresponding halfword, fullword, or doubleword boundary (base 2 truncation). The full content of the field is significant. x
Alignment processing No Preserves the alignment processing from Plug-in software releases 4.1 and earlier. This setting affects the slack bytes added due to SYNC clause and placement of top-level items.

See Alignment Compatibility with Previous Releases.

x
Advanced Section
Field Literal Value/Module Property? Description C P R
Namespace No The namespace to be used in a generated schema file. For details, see Generated Schema Files. x x x
Generate button No Generates a unique namespace. x x x
Schema File No A read-only field indicating the location of the generated schema file. x x x
Open button No Opens the generated schema file in the Eclipse schema editor. x x x

You can modify the copybook content in the Copybook resource. For details, see In-Place Copybook Editing.