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a. Continue using DBCS conversion. Repeat 4 on page 230 through 8 on
page 230 until you finish entering data into the field.
b. End DBCS conversion by pressing the same function key used to start
conversion. The system automatically ends conversion when you reach the
end of the field.
In SEU, as well as from the Edit Related Words display (displayed when
using the EDTIGCDCT command), press F18.
Note: Until DBCS conversion is ended, you cannot perform any other
system function. For example, the F3 key cannot be used to exit an
SEU display.
Examples of DBCS Conversion
Converting one alphanumeric entry to a double-byte entry: The following
example shows how to convert one entry and enter it into a field.
1. Position the cursor in the field in which you want to enter double-byte data
(see Figure 23 on page 232).
2. Insert shift-control characters into the field. See “Inserting shift-control
double-byte characters” on page 208 for instructions on inserting shift-control
characters.
3. Press the function key used to start DBCS conversion. For the display just
shown, the function key is F18. The system displays a prompt line as shown in
Figure 24 on page 232.
Because the cursor was placed under a shift-in character when conversion was
started, conversion automatically is set to I (inserting the converted word).
4. Enter an alphanumeric entry to be converted in the second field.
Leave the third field blank. See the example screen in Figure 25 on page 233.
5. Press the Enter key. The system displays related DBCS words.
6. Position the cursor under the DBCS word that you want to enter, if that word
is not the first DBCS word shown. In the example screen shown in Figure 26 on
page 233, the first word is the one to be entered.
7. Press the Enter key. The DBCS word is entered into the field as shown in
Figure 27 on page 234.
Appendix B. Double-byte character set support 231