• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
      • Introduction to Data Dictionary
      • Organization
      • Dictionary Concepts
        • General
        • Levels
        • Records
        • Items
          • Item Description
          • Identification Items
          • Subitems
          • Item Properties
          • Starting Position
          • Length
          • Data Type
          • Binary Dictionary Items
          • Occurrences
          • Decimal Places
          • Decimal Character
          • Zero Fill
        • Value Sets
        • Values
        • Relations
      • Data Dictionary Application
      • How to ...
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

Starting Position

This item property indicates the starting location of a data item. In conjunction with the Length property, it specifies the location of the item in a record. In absolute positioning mode, you cannot give a starting position that will cause the item to overlap with another item.
The start position of a subitem must be within its parent item (the previous item).
See also: Select Relative or Absolute Positioning, Item Properties