Displaying alphanumeric fields in long hexadecimal

You can change the display of any alphanumeric field using the X, XX, X*, and Xn prefix commands. When you use the X prefix command, the type for the field toggles between AN and AX.

When you change the type to AX, the fields are displayed or printed in long hexadecimal format (as opposed to character format).

Figure 1. Field Selection/Edit panel showing VEHICLE-TYPE flagged to display in long hexadecimal mode
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 File Manager                 Field Selection/Edit                 Line 1 of 33

 ----------- Criteria - Enter 1 or 2 to specify expression by field -----------
 1 Id :                                                                       +
 2 Sel: (#3='Toyota') & (#7>1997)                                             +
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 Cmd Seq SHE Ref Field Name                           Picture  Type Start Length
                 ****  Top of data  ****
               1 1 VEHICLE-REC                                  AN      1   8475
               2  2 VEHICLE-TYPE                      X         AX      1      1
               3  2 VEHICLE-MAKE                      X(20)     AN      2     20
               4  2 VEHICLE-MODEL                     X(20)     AN     22     20
               5  2 MODEL-CODE                        X(6)      AN     42      6
               6  2 VEHICLE-SUB-MODEL                 X(20)     AN     48     20
               7  2 YEAR-OF-MANUFACTURE               9(4)      ZD     68      4
               8  2 NUMBER-ADVERTISED                 9(4)      ZD     72      4
               9  2 FOR-SALE OCCURS 1 TO 100 TIMES DEPENDING ON
                    NUMBER-ADVERTISED                           AN     76     84
              10   3 REGO-NUMBER                      X(8)      AN     76      8
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