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To define data structures in Data Editor format

Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.

In the Program Painter, type REC in columns 4 through 6.
Type your 01-level data item starting in column 12.

To define elementary data items, skip a line and type them starting in column 16, as shown below. Do not enter the data item level numbers, such as 01 or 05; AMB generates them based on how you indent the items. We recommend that you indent each new level of elementary data items four columns. For example:

   REC      WS-STRUCT-IN-DSPAINTER-FORMAT.
              MY-WS-FIELD-1                   X8
              MY-WS-FIELD-2
                  MY-WS-FIELD-3               X8
                  MY-WS-FIELD-3               X3

Generated AMB source:

       01  WS-STRUCT-IN-DSPAINTER-FORMAT.
           05  MY-WS-FIELD-1                   PIC X(8).
           05  MY-WS-FIELD-2.
               10  MY-WS-FIELD-3               PIC X(8).
               10  MY-WS-FIELD-4               PIC X(3).