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Re: Invalid screen characters

From: <Chris.Chambers@v2music.com>
> On writing a screen from a COBOL program I get the following message after
the
> program crashes:
>
> Data sent to device QPADEV0005 not valid.  Negative response code is
>   10050111.
>
> I have fields which contain characters that are not displayable - How can I
> avoid this error ? -
> Is there some keyword I can code into the screen DDS to allow these
characters
> to be displayed
>

No, you have to ensure that the characters are valid (basically not below
X'40'). Translate the fields through a table or some other mechanism
(INSPECT...) will help.

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