Installation settings that affect CAPS
The setting of CAPS determines whether or not the characters you enter in a File Manager/Db2 editor session are converted to uppercase. If CAPS is set to ON, FM/Db2 translates all data in rows that are changed by overtyping from lowercase to uppercase, and translates replacement data specified in the CHANGE command from lowercase to uppercase. If CAPS is OFF, the new data you type is not converted to uppercase.
- The initial setting for CAPS (ON or OFF)
- Whether you can change this setting by means of the edit options;
that is, whether the setting is
updateable
(meaning you can change it) orfixed
(meaning you cannot change it) - Whether you are permitted to issue the FM/Db2 CAPS primary command
For more information about these customization settings, see the Customization Guide.
For the first and second of the above settings, you can verify their value by looking at the third Editor Options panel.
For the third of the above settings, if you try to issue the CAPS
command but FM/Db2 has been customized so that the CAPS command is
unavailable, FM/Db2 displays the message The CAPS command has been
disabled at installation time.
.
If the installation option for CAPS is fixed
, each
FM/Db2 editor session starts with the installation setting for CAPS (either
ON or OFF) and you cannot change the setting using the edit options.
If the installation option for CAPS is updateable
, you can
change the setting (to either ON or OFF) using the edit options and
each FM/Db2 editor session starts with the current CAPS setting.
fixed:
- If the installation option for CAPS is ON, to enter lowercase data you must first issue the CASE MIXED command
- If the installation option for CAPS is OFF, to enter uppercase data you must use the Shift or Caps Lock keys
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