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I'm as newbie as it gets.
Dan Bale wrote:
Bing! Bing! Bing! <g>
OK, now we're getting somewhere. I didn't pick up early on that you were a newbie, so it helps if newbies identify themselves as such.
If this is originally an ASCII file, there's no way that I know of that you could have a packed field in the data. Perhaps the best way to figure out what you're talking about is to paste a snippet from a DSPPFM screen shot of the input file in question. Specifically, once you see the data on the DSPPFM screen, press F10 (to Display hexadecimal), then F11 (to Display over/under {my preference}). In the Control entry, window over to the part in the file that has the data you are getting a mismatch on (i.e., if what you think is "packed data" begins in column 14, type W14 in the Control entry; better yet, back up a few positions and use W10 so we can verify that you're showing us the beginning of a particular field.)
I have other questions, but I think it'd be best to see the beast you're dealing with.
db
-- Glenn Thompson Senior Analyst American Trouser, Inc. gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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