SYSCP Utility - Code Page Administration

The SYSCP utility is used to obtain information on code pages and ICU (International Components for Unicode) data libraries available in the current Natural mainframe environment. In addition, you can use the SYSCP utility to change the code page assignment of programming objects, DDMs, profiles and error messages. You can also add, remove or convert code pages.

The SYSCP utility also offers you help to avoid problems that can occur when a code page is not defined or enabled in Natural or when objects are converted to an incorrect code page or Unicode format.

Note:

Due to significant changes in the method of compiling and loading localization data in newer ICU releases, an ICS Transition Version 222 is provided in addition to ICS 311. Data libraries provided by Software AG are not supported with ICS 311. However, they will still be supported as part of the ICS Transition Version 222.

For more information on using localization data based on ICS Transition Version 222 see Unicode and Code Page Support.

For more information on using localization data based on ICS 311 see Unicode and Code Page Support.

For detailed information on how Natural supports Unicode and code pages and Unicode-specific items, see the descriptions and presentations in the SYSEXV Utility and Related Topics below.

The SYSCP Utility - Code Page Administration documentation covers the following topics:

• Invoking and Terminating SYSCP

• Code Page Maintenance

• All Code Pages

• Loaded Code Pages

• Unicode Properties

• ICU Information

Related Topics:

• Unicode and Code Page Support: Natural documentation

• Unicode: Unicode Consortium at web site at http://www.unicode.org/

• ICU: International Components for Unicode at web site http://site.icu-project.org/

• ICU: Converter Explorer documentation at web site http://demo.icu-project.org/icu-bin/convexp

• System command CPINFO: Natural documentation

Invoking and Terminating SYSCP

Instructions for invoking and terminating the SYSCP utility and performing a function are provided in the following section.

To invoke the SYSCP utility

• Enter the following system command:

  SYSCP

  A SYSCP menu similar to the example below appears:

  11:19:07 ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY ***** 2020-02-18 User SAG - Menu - ICU Version 66.1 Unicode Version 13.0 Function _ Code Page Maintenance _ All Code Pages _ Loaded Code Pages _ Unicode Properties _ ICU Information _ Help _ Exit Command ===> Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Help Exit Canc

  The current ICU and Unicode versions are indicated at the top of the screen.

  The functions contained in the menu are explained in the remainder of this documentation.

To execute a SYSCP function

• In the SYSCP menu, place the cursor in the input field next to the required function and press ENTER.

  Or:
  In the SYSCP menu, in the input field next to the required function, enter any character and press ENTER.

To terminate SYSCP

• Press PF3 or PF12.

  Or:
  From the SYSCP menu, choose Exit.

Code Page Maintenance

The Code Page Maintenance menu provides functions that can be applied to programming objects (N), DDMs (D), profiles (P), user error messages (E) and system error messages (S). For an object you can list (L), assign (A) or remove (R) code page information. You can also convert (C) a code page or check its conversion for assigned (K) or unassigned (C) objects.

All code page maintenance functions reference the standard IANA name (see also Cmd in All Code Pages); you cannot use a code page name other than IANA when you execute a code page maintenance function.

The results of a code page maintenance function are output on a report screen, which is described in Function Result Report.

When you invoke Code Page Maintenance, a maintenance menu similar to the example below appears:

16:53:05               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2012-06-20
User SAG                   - Code Page Maintenance -

        Code Function                                Code Object

          L  List Code Page Information                N  Programming Objects
          C  Check Conversion of Unassigned Objects    D  DDMs
          A  Assign Code Page Information              P  Profiles
          K  Check Conversion of Assigned Objects      E  User Error Messages
          T  Convert to Different Code Page            S  System Error Messages
          R  Remove Code Page Information
          U  Convert to Unshaped Form
          ?  Help
          .  Exit

 Function _                                  Object .. N

 Library  SSZ_____     DBID ...... _____     FNR ..... _____
                       Password ..           Cipher ..


Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
      Help        Exit                                                  Canc

The fields and functions contained in the Code Page Maintenance menu and the options and features provided by the functions are explained in the following sections:

• Code Page Maintenance Menu

• List Code Page Information

• Check Conversion of Unassigned Objects

• Assign Code Page Information to Objects

• Check Conversion of Assigned Objects

• Convert to Different Code Page

• Remove Code Page Information from Sources

• Convert to Unshaped Form

• Name Specification

• Object Selection List

• Function Result Report

Code Page Maintenance Menu

The fields contained in the Code Page Maintenance menu are explained in the following table:

List Code Page Information

To list code page information for objects of a specific kind, enter L in the field Function and the code specific to these objects in the field Object. For example, entering P results in a screen that lists all profiles, and the respective code page if a code page has been assigned, see the example below.

 09:52:02               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2011-03-22
 User SAG          - List Code Page Information of Profiles -
                                                         Listed Library SAG
 Cmd  Name      Code Page                         Type
 ---  *________ *________________________________ *__
 __   USER1                                        P
 __   USER2                                        P
 __   USER3     IBM01140                           P
 __   USER4     IBM01140                           P
 __   USER5                                        P
 __   USER6                                        P
 __   USER7                                        P
 __   USER8     IBM01140                           P
 __   USER9                                        P
 __   USER10                                       P
 __   USER11                                       P
 __   USER12                                       P
 __   USER13                                       P
 __   USER14                                       P


 Command ===>
 Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
       Help        Exit              --    -     +     ++                Canc

The fields and columns contained in a List Code Page Information screen are explained in the following table. Note that some fields or columns are specific to the kind of object selected:

Filtering Objects

You can shorten the list of objects displayed on the List Code Page Information screen by specifying selection criteria.

To specify selection criteria

1. You can specify selection criteria for each column headed by an input field. Replace the default asterisk (*) with any of the input values listed in Name Specification.

2. In the input field underneath the column heading Type, replace the default asterisk (*) with one or more (maximum is 11) of the following type codes without a separator character:

   Code	Object Type	Code	Object Type
   P	Program	A	Parameter data area
   N	Subprogram	G	Global data area
   S	Subroutine	L	Local data area
   M	Map	C	Copycode
   H	Helproutine	T	Text
   7	Function	4	Class
   3	Dialog
   5	Processor
   *	All Types

Check Conversion of Unassigned Objects

This function is used to check whether an unassigned object can be converted to a code page.

An unassigned object is an object without code page information, which was originally saved under a Natural version where code page information was not yet supported. Since no code page information is provided, you need to decide which code page to specify for the object to be checked for conversion. This depends on the character set used in the object.

For example, if you apply the function Check Conversion of Unassigned Objects to Profiles, a screen similar to the example below appears:

07:55:03               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2011-04-18
User SAG         - Check Conversion of Unassigned Profiles -


   Check if profiles that have no code page information can be
   converted from a given code page to a target code page.

   Use selection list .. Y

   Source code page .... IBM01140______________________________________________

   Target code page .... IBM01140______________________________________________

   Profile name ........ *________     DBID ...... 10___     FNR ..... 32___
                                       Password ..           Cipher ..
   Profile types ....... *__





Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
      Help        Exit                                                  Canc

The fields contained in the Check Conversion of Unassigned Objects screen are explained in the following table:

Assign Code Page Information to Objects

This function is used to assign a code page to an unassigned object. The code of this object is not converted to the specified code page.

You can also use the function to change the code page information for an object to which a code page is already assigned. In this case, only the code page name (IANA name) changes; the source code of this object is not converted.

The fields contained in the Assign Code Page Information to Sources screen are explained in the following table:

Check Conversion of Assigned Objects

This function is used to test whether an assigned object can be converted from its current code page (as entered in the object directory information) to another code page.

An assigned object is an object which has code page information.

The fields contained in the Check Conversion of Assigned screen are explained in the following table:

Convert to Different Code Page

This function is used to convert an assigned object from its current code page (as entered in the object directory information) to another code page. You cannot convert an unassigned object.

The fields contained in the Convert to Different Code Page screen are explained in the following table:

Remove Code Page Information from Sources

This function is used to remove the code page information (as entered in the object directory) from an assigned object.

The fields contained in the Remove Code Page Information from Sources screen are explained in the following table:

Convert to Unshaped Form

This function is used to replace shaped Arabic characters (code page IBM420) with the corresponding unshaped characters in the following source objects: Programming Objects (N), DDMs (D), User Error Messages (E) and System Error Messages (S).

The fields contained in the Convert Natural Sources to Unshaped Form screen are explained in the following table:

Name Specification

You can specify a name or a range of names as a selection criterion.

In the list of options below, value is any combination of one or more characters:

Object Selection List

You can set the Use selection list option to determine whether selective processing or automated processing is used for a maintenance function. If selective processing is used, a selection list of the specified objects is displayed on a selection screen before executing the function.

The Use selection list option does not apply to the List Code Page Information of Sources function.

Possible settings of Use selection list are as follows:

An object selection list looks similar to the example shown below:

16:28:43               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2006-10-19
User SAG            - Check Conversion of Assigned Sources -
      Target code page IBM01140
Cmd  Name      Code Page                           Message
---  --------  -------------------------------- ------------------------------
__   LDA1      IBM01147
__   LDA2      IBM01147
__   LDA3      IBM01147
__   LDA4      IBM01147
__   MAP1      IBM01147
__   MAP2      IBM01147
__   MAP3      IBM01147
__   PGM2      IBM01147
__   PGM3      IBM01147
__   PROG1     IBM01147
__   PROG3     IBM01147
__   PROG4     IBM01147



Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
      Help        Exit        All X                                     Canc

The fields and columns contained in an object selection screen are described in the following table:

Function Result Report

After a maintenance function has finished executing, the processing results are shown on a report screen. A report screen looks similar to an object selection screen an example of which is shown in Object Selection List.

The fields and columns contained in a result report screen are explained in the following table:

All Code Pages

This function is used to load and list all code pages available in your current Natural environment as shown in the following example:

17:21:36               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2007-08-02
User SAG                      - All Code Pages -

Cmd Stat Name                                                             Units
--- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----
 _   D   UTF-8                                                            1 - 3
 _   D   UTF-16                                                           2 - 2
 _   D   UTF-16BE                                                         2 - 2
 _   D   UTF-16LE                                                         2 - 2
 _   D   UTF-32                                                           4 - 4
 _   D   UTF-32BE                                                         4 - 4
 _   D   UTF-32LE                                                         4 - 4
 _   D   UTF16_PlatformEndian                                             2 - 2
 _   D   UTF16_OppositeEndian                                             2 - 2
 _   D   UTF32_PlatformEndian                                             4 - 4
 _   D   UTF32_OppositeEndian                                             4 - 4
 _   D   UTF-7                                                            1 - 4
 _   D   IMAP-mailbox-name                                                1 - 4
 _   D   SCSU                                                             1 - 3


Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
      Help        Exit        Sort         -     +                      Canc

You can use the following PF keys:

• PF8 (or ENTER) scrolls down one page in the list.

• PF7 scrolls up one page in the list.

• PF5 sorts the list in ascending order by code page name. Depending on the size of the list, you may have to increase the size of the sort buffer by using the SORT profile parameter as described in SORT - Control of Sort Program in the Parameter Reference documentation.

The columns contained in the All Code Pages screen are explained in the following table:

This section covers the following topics:

• Code Point List

• Test Conversion

Code Point List

This function is used to list all code points of the selected code page as shown in the following example:

13:38:33               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2007-08-06
+--------------------------- Code Points of UTF-8 ----------------------------+
! CP: 00000000  U: 0000        NULL                                           !
! CP: 00000001  U: 0001  ?     START OF HEADING                               !
! CP: 00000002  U: 0002  ?     START OF TEXT                                  !
! CP: 00000003  U: 0003  ?     END OF TEXT                                    !
! CP: 00000004  U: 0004  ?     END OF TRANSMISSION                            !
! CP: 00000005  U: 0005  ?     ENQUIRY                                        !
! CP: 00000006  U: 0006  ?     ACKNOWLEDGE                                    !
! CP: 00000007  U: 0007  ?     BELL                                           !
! CP: 00000008  U: 0008  ?     BACKSPACE                                      !
! CP: 00000009  U: 0009  ?     CHARACTER TABULATION                           !
! CP: 0000000A  U: 000A  ?     LINE FEED (LF)                                 !
! CP: 0000000B  U: 000B  ?     LINE TABULATION                                !
! CP: 0000000C  U: 000C  ?     FORM FEED (FF)                                 !
! CP: 0000000D  U: 000D  ?     CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)                           !
! CP: 0000000E  U: 000E  ?     SHIFT OUT                                      !
! CP: 0000000F  U: 000F  ?     SHIFT IN                                       !
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 _   D   ibm-912_P100-1995                                                1 - 1
 _   D   ibm-913_P100-2000                                                1 - 1
 _   N   ISCII,version=0                                                  1 - 4
 _   N   ISCII,version=1                                                  1 - 4


Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
      Help        Exit  LByte Prop   --    -     +          <<    >     Canc

The list contains the following information:

• The byte sequence of the code page code points (CP).

• The byte sequence of the corresponding Unicode code points (U).

• The Unicode character. If the character cannot be interpreted by the current terminal emulation, the substitution character (as defined in the code page; here: ?) is displayed instead.

• The normative name of the Unicode character.

The PF keys provided for each code point list are explained in the following table:

Specifying Leading Bytes

This function does not apply to a code page with a 1-byte unit as the maximum.

You can use the Leading Byte of Code Point window to view the byte range (hexadecimal values 0x00 to 0xFF) of a particular leading byte for a code point.

In the following example of a UTF-8 code page, the hexadecimal values 0x22 and 0x32 have been entered as the leading bytes:

+--------- Leading Bytes of Code Point ---------+
!                                               !
!    Maximum number of bytes .. 3               !
!                                               !
!                                               !
!    Enter leading bytes ...... 00 22 32 00     !
!                                               !
!                                               !
!                                               !
+-----------------------------------------------+

After pressing PF3 (or ENTER) the code point list then displays the bytes from hexadecimal 0x00223200 to 0x002232FF.

Test Conversion

You can test code-point conversion from a selected code page to the default code page (value of *CODEPAGE) defined with the CP profile parameter:

• from an alphanumeric character string to Unicode code points and vice versa, or

• from hexadecimal values to Unicode code points and vice versa.

The example below shows the conversion window of a code page (here: ibm-1140_P100-1997) which contains the following information:

• the number of byte units (minimum and maximum numbers of bytes) assigned to the code points,

• an alphanumeric character string and its equivalent hexadecimal values and

• the corresponding Unicode code points.

+------------------- Test Conversion of ibm-1140_P100-1997 -------------------+
!                                                                             !
! Code page units .. 1 - 1   (minimum, maximum of bytes)                      !
!                                                                             !
!                                                                             !
! Code Page Characters                                                        !
! Alphanumeric .. ABC                                                         !
! Hexadecimal ... C1 C2 C3 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 !
!                 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 !
!                                                                             !
! Unicode                                                                     !
! Code points ... 0041 0042 0043 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020           !
!                 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020           !
!                 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020           !
!                 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020           !
!                                                                             !
!                                                                             !
!                                                                             !
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

To convert a character or code point

1. Activate the field where you want to enter the literal string or code unit sequence to be converted:

   Press PF6 to enter a literal string in the Alphanumeric field (default input field).

   Or:
   Press PF7 to enter hexadecimal values in the Hexadecimal field.

   Or:
   Press PF8 to enter Unicode code points in the Unicode field.

2. Press ENTER.

   The value entered in one of the fields is converted to its equivalent code points or literal string.

Loaded Code Pages

This function is used to list the already loaded code pages in your current Natural environment as shown in the following example:

09:52:33               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2020-07-22
User XYZ                     - Loaded Code Pages -                             
                                                                               
 Name                                                             Member       
 ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------     
 ibm-1140_P100-1997                                               I66C0067     
 ibm-1125_P100-1997                                               I66C0060     
 ibm-939_P120-1999                                                I66C0203     
 ibm-930_P120-1999                                                I66C0199     
 ibm-1147_P100-1997                                               I66C0074     
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Command ===>                                                                   
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
      Help        Exit        Sort         -     +                      Canc

You can use the following PF keys:

• PF8 (or ENTER) scrolls down one page in the list.

• PF7 scrolls up one page in the list.

• PF5 sorts the list in ascending order by code page name. Depending on the size of the list, you may have to increase the size of the sort buffer by using the SORT profile parameter as described in SORT - Control of Sort Program in the Parameter Reference documentation.

The columns contained in the Loaded Code Pages screen are explained in the following table:

Unicode Properties

This function is used to display whether a Unicode character property is true (yes) or false (no) for a character contained in the default code page (value of *CODEPAGE) as shown in the example of the letter A in code page IBM01140 below:

14:43:19               ***** NATURAL SYSCP UTILITY *****             2008-09-23
User SAG                    - Unicode Properties -

Default code page ... IBM01140

Alpha character ..... A     C1       hexadecimal    Substitution .. ? 3F
Unicode code point .. 0041

Unicode char. name .. LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A

Alphabetic .......... yes            Control ........ no
Alphanumeric ........ yes            Space .......... no
Lower case .......... no             Whitespace ..... no
Upper case .......... yes            Blank .......... no
Digit ............... no             Punctuation .... no
Hexadecimal ......... yes            Combining ...... no
Graphic ............. yes            Surrogate ...... no
Printable ........... yes            Right to left .. no


Command ===>


Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
      Help        Exit        Uni                                       Canc

In the Alpha character field, you can enter the character whose properties you want to view. Press PF5 if you want to enter a Unicode code point.

For explanations of the Unicode character properties displayed on the screen, refer to Unicode Consortium's documentation Unicode Character Database at web site http://www.unicode.org/Public/4.1.0/ucd/UCD.html.

ICU Information

This function is used to display information on the ICU used: