# Issue with Selection Box parameter in Extended Field Editing **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-News-and-General-Topics\ **Created:** [May 21, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212 "2013-05-21T16:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Tharakan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Joseph\_Tharakan](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Joseph_Tharakan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/1 "2013-05-21T16:11:17Z")
When I tried the Selection Box parameter for the first time, The following error occured NAT0937 WRONG ARRAY DEFINED IN PARAM. 1 1 #SB-1 (A2/1:6) CONST\<‘A1’,‘A2’,‘A3’,‘A4’,‘A5’,‘A6’\> was defined in the program that called the INPUT USING MAP statement AD= MDLT\_\_\_\_\_\_ ZP= SG= HE= ‘JOSH-TI1’\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ RLS 0 AL= \_\_\_\_\_ CD= \_\_ CV= MOD DATA PM= \_\_ DF= DY= \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ EM= \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ SB= #SB-1(\*)\_\_\_\_ This is the way I defined in the extended field editing . Could anyone help me out in this? ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/2 "2013-05-21T17:15:32Z")
Hi Joseph, Apparently, you did not specify your willing to have just 6 values; as such, your map assumes you want to have 10 occurrences (default). To change this, you would have to go into Parameter Definition and change that 10 to 6 - that`s all:-) Best of luck, NK 11:11:48 Field and Variable Definitions - Summary 2013-05- Cmd Field Name (Truncated) Mod Format Ar Ru Lin C \_\_\_ #SB\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ U A2 2 ±-------------------------- PARAMETER DEFINITIONS -------------------------- | Cmd Name of Parameter (Truncated) Format Ar | \_\_ #SB-1\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ A2\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Array | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ | ±--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter-PF1—PF2—PF3—PF4—PF5—PF6—PF7—PF8—PF9—PF10–PF11–PF12- Help Mset Exit – Parm Local Let ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Tharakan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Joseph\_Tharakan](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Joseph_Tharakan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/3 "2013-05-22T05:34:11Z")
> [@](#): > > To change this, you would have to go into Parameter Definition and change that 10 to 6 But where I need to change in Parameter definitions I didnt find the place . Please help me out :? ---
**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/4 "2013-05-22T09:33:01Z")
From option D on the map editor menu you select Parameters via PF9 or PF10. (Or something like that. Sorry, haven’t been on a mainframe much in the last few years.) ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/5 "2013-05-22T15:01:35Z")
Ralph is absolutely right - as always, by the way 🙂 Joseph, you just have to follow his instructions: 1. Hit “D” on this screen Command ===\> 1. then - PF9 (Parm) Cmd Field Name (Truncated) Mod Format Ar Ru Lin Col \_\_\_ #SB\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ U A2 2 5 Enter-PF1—PF2—PF3—PF4—PF5—PF6—PF7—PF8—PF9—PF10–PF11–PF12— Help Mset Exit – Parm Local Let ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Tharakan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Joseph\_Tharakan](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Joseph_Tharakan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/6 "2013-05-22T15:12:05Z")
Yea I already reached the parameter definition screen. But there in that screen I coudidnt know the place where I can enter 6 instead of 10. ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/7 "2013-05-22T15:55:20Z")
Hi Joseph, Just hit “A” on that last screen and change 10 to 6. ``` PARAMETER DEFINITIONS ``` Cmd Name of Param ARRAY DIMENSIONS at Ar A\_#SB-1\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ A \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Name #SB-1 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * * * \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Dimension 1 Lower Bnds Upper Bnds \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * * * \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 1. Index 1\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ : 10\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 2. Index \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ : \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 3. Index \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ : \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * * * ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Tharakan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Joseph\_Tharakan](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Joseph_Tharakan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/8 "2013-05-23T06:51:37Z")
Thanks Nicholay for helping me in this. Also could you please provide me with a list of commands that can be used there other than A ---
**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/9 "2013-05-23T07:08:13Z")
Help text is commonly available throughout Natural’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE). To invoke help, place the cursor on a field and press PF1, or type a question mark (?) in the first position of a modifiable field an press ENTER. Help should be available via any field in the Cmd column. ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/10 "2013-05-23T16:01:53Z")
Could not disagree less with Ralph; moreover (this is my personal opinion 🙂 while reading HELP system, one may discover a lot about many things (and sometimes even much more than he/she were initially looking for 🙂 And this is the HELP reaction, Joseph, on my “PF1” key: * * * 09:55:36 Field and Variable Definitions - Summary 2013-05-2 Cmd Field Name (Truncated) Mod Format Ar Ru Lin Co \_\_\_ #SB\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ U A2 2 Cmd Explanation . Exit – Top A Define array E Edit map field Prr Process. rule D Delete field * * * Help in Natural is very-very good in my opinion; practically, it is just like “…ask - and you shall receive” as such, just THINK about HELP before asking another question 🙂 Best of luck, Nikolay ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/issue-with-selection-box-parameter-in-extended-field-editing/171212/11 "2021-04-02T15:28:51Z")