Modifying fixed and COBOL formats
About this task
You can modify the following options for fixed and COBOL
formats.
- Character set
- The code set that is used to translate the data in the data table
- Driver
- The driver that is used with the delimited format. For more information, see Selecting a driver.
- Machine
- The machine type that produced the data files. For more information, see Modify the machine description.
For a fixed format, you can select the GLS code set you want from the Character Set selection list. For information about locales and code sets, see the Informix® GLS User's Guide.
To modify the options for fixed and COBOL formats:
Procedure
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Display the Format-Definition window
for the format that you want.
To display the window, follow the steps in Creating a fixed format.
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Click Options.
The Options window (in this example, the Fixed Format Options window) appears, as following figure shows.
Figure 1. The Fixed Format Options window 
- Modify the options as appropriate.
- Click OK to save your options and return to the Format-Definition window.