The Edit Data Area  3 (Hex) command provides an  interactive display to
change  the value  of a  data area  in Hex.   Both  the Hex  and EBCDIC
values  are displayed.   Only type  *CHAR data areas  may be specified.
The command may only be used in an interactive environment.

The *LDA, *GDA, and *PDA are also supported.

A typical command would be:

             EDTDTAARA3     DTAARA(xxx)

The contents of  the data area  are displayed in  both Hex and  EBCDIC.
The  hex values  may be  changed.   The  maximum size  data area  (2000
bytes)  is  supported.    When  Enter  is  pressed,  the  data area  is
updated.

You must have *CHANGE authority for the specified data area.

EDTDTAARA3 escape messages you can monitor for
----------------------------------------------

None.  Escape messages from based on functions will be re-sent.

Command parameters                                    *CMD
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   DTAARA        The qualified  name of  the data  area  to be  edited.
                 The  library value  defaults  to *LIBL.   *CURLIB  may
                 also be used.

                 The  data  areas  *LDA, *PDA,  and  *GDA  may also  be
                 specified.

                 *PDA may only be entered for a prestart job.

                 *GDA may only be entered for a group job.

                 The library  value  is  assumed to  be  blank  when  a
                 special value is entered.

Restrictions
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Only *CHAR type data areas may be specified.

Prerequisites
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The following TAA Tools must be on your system:

     CVTFRMHEX       Convert from hex
     CVTHEX          Convert to hex
     RTVDTAARAD      Retrieve data area description
     SNDCOMPMSG      Send completion message
     SNDESCMSG       Send escape message

Implementation
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None, the tool is ready to use.

Objects used by the tool
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   Object        Type    Attribute      Src member    Src file
   ------        ----    ---------      ----------    ----------

   EDTDTAARA3    *CMD                   TAAARAL       QATTCMD
   TAAARALC      *PGM       CLP         TAAARALC      QATTCL
   TAAARALC2     *PGM       CLP         TAAARALC2     QATTCL
   TAAARALR      *PGM       RPG         TAAARALR      QATTRPG
   TAAARALD      *FILE      DSPF        TAAARALD      QATTDDS