RE: minus sign in a numeric screen field

Maybe I misunderstood what he wanted to occur.  If a signed edit code is
used which does not hide the sign then an extra character is added to the
field which cannot have data entered into it other than a minus sign.  Is
this not what he wanted to occur?  AFAIK this is an extra position in the
field, it doesn't change the number of editable digits or replace any
existing digits...

Kyle Goodwin
Extensicom LLC

>
> Kyle Goodwin (goodwink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
>> You should change the EDTCDE to one which includes both
>> (all edit codes are listed in several of the RPG and DDS
>> manuals).
>
> This doesn't address Booth's issue. Using an edit code excludes using type
> S. Therefore the users will still see the last digit of the number
> replaced
> by a squiggly character if they use the field minus key when inputting it.
>
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