DISPLAY.LIKE clause

Synopsis

dict DISPLAY.LIKE dict

Description

The DISPLAY.LIKE and DISPLAYLIKE keywords are synonyms.

The DISPLAY.LIKE clause replaces the default column heading with a synonym defined as the corresponding DICT element in the DICT file. The specified DICT elements are case-sensitive, and are not enclosed in quote characters.

DISPLAY.LIKE displays a defined DICT element as the column heading. DISPLAY.NAME displays a user-specified name as the column heading.

Examples

The following example first shows how the F1 field is returned without DISPLAY.LIKE and then with a DISPLAY.LIKE clause:

LIST VOC F1 WITH @ID LIKE Q...
LIST VOC F1 DISPLAY.LIKE TYPE WITH @ID LIKE Q...

VOC......... F1.............
 
Q            V
QSELECT      V
QUIT         V
 
3 Items listed.

VOC......... Typ
 
Q            V
QSELECT      V
QUIT         V
 
3 Items listed.