INDEXSTARTBY
Specifies the output page number by which ACIF must find a group indexing field, if ACIF is indexing the file.
- INDEXSTARTBY={1 | nn}
- The values are:
- 1
- Specifies that ACIF must find a group index on the first page.
- nn
- Specifies the output page number (0 - 99) by which ACIF must find the group index criteria specified. 0 indicates that there is no limit to the page where ACIF must find a group indexing field.
This parameter is helpful if, for example, your file contains header pages. If your file contains two header pages, you can specify a page number that is one greater than the number of header pages (INDEXSTARTBY=3).
If ACIF does not find a group indexing field before the page number specified in the INDEXSTARTBY parameter, it issues a message and stops processing. If you do not want ACIF to stop processing when it cannot find a group indexing field or when a file is empty, you must set the parameter to INDEXSTARTBY=0 or specify EXTENSIONS=EMPTYOK.