This Natural profile parameter is used to activate/deactivate the Edit Mask Free mode at session startup. This mode allows you to omit literals during input into a field with a numeric edit mask.
| Possible settings | ON |
Edit Mask Free Mode is activated. |
|---|---|---|
OFF |
Edit Mask Free Mode is deactivated. | |
| Default setting | OFF |
|
| Dynamic specification | yes | |
| Specification within session | no | Within a running Natural session, you may override this setting
with the terminal control command %FM+ or
%FM-.
|
For additional information, see Numeric Edit Mask Free
Mode in the INPUT statement description in
the Statements documentation.
