DLFMT (8-byte character string)

Format name of data that follows MQDLH.

This specifies the format name of the data that follows the MQDLH structure (usually the data from the original message).

On the MQPUT or MQPUT1 call, the application must set this field to the value appropriate to the data. The rules for coding this field are the same as those for the MDFMT field in MQMD.

The length of this field is given by LNFMT. The initial value of this field is FMNONE.