Specifies whether the values of SAS character variables
are converted using their automatically specified informats or formats
each time they are used as ISPF variables.
Valid in:
Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS
System Options window
If ISPCHARF is specified,
then formats and informats are used for SAS character variables that
have been defined to ISPF via the SAS VDEFINE user exit. If NOISPCHARF
is in effect, then formats and informats are not used for these SAS
character variables.
To display the current
settings of your ISPF options, use PROC OPTIONS GROUP=ISPF.