This property sets sub-keys for NetCOBOL indexed files.
Syntax
object.FjcobAlternateKey = string
object
This specifies object expressions that define references to objects.
string
This specifies the sub-key of NetCOBOL indexed file according to the format.
Format of string
[D] (pos,len [/pos,len] ...) [ [D] (pos,len [/pos,len] ...) ...]
D
Specify D when the data item as sub-key is duplicated with the other keys.
pos
This specifies positions of the sub-key in NetCOBOL indexed file.
Specify the position in a relative position (the number of bytes that starts from 0 ) from the head of the record of the data item of a key.
len
This specifies length of the sub-key in NetCOBOL indexed file.
Specify it after pos delimiting with comma (,). Set the length of the main key (FjcobPrimeKey property) and sub-key (FjcobAlternateKey property) to make the total of 254 bytes or less.
/
To specify 2 or more non-continuous keys as a key, delimit it with"/".
Description
This specifies sub-keys for NetCOBOL indexed file (OutputFileType=3). The sub-key can be omitted.
The data format of sub-keys is ASCII code and always sorted in ascending order.
Note
The COBOL file system is required to process NetCOBOL files.
The specification bundled with ( ) is called a segment. To specify 2 or more segments, describe the segments successively or delimit them with blanks or tabs. For example D(1,2/4,4) D(10,8/20,1)
