Re: EDTMSK and EDTWRD ?

Rob,

 User defined edit codes are (UDECs) used at compile time, no runtime.  So,
unless you're modifying the vendor's code, it's not a big deal.

 There are other issues w/ UDECs, such as there are a very limited
quantity, they system wide, etc.

 But is still doesn't address the original question, which is how to define
a screen so that the special characters are embedded in the field, but
skipped over, so that they don't have to be keyed by the user and will
still be displayed?  I that that the standard edit codes should do the
trick, instead of using EDTWRD, use EDTCDE.

 -mark

Original Message:
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From:  rob@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:04:58 -0500
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: EDTMSK and EDTWRD ?


I think many shops are loath to use user defined edit codes.  Just imagine 
if vendors used them, and you had two different vendor packages that 
defined them differently.  Egads!  Based on that, you might be able to 
assume that no sane vendor would use them and, thus, you could use them 
for custom software.  So, is that a 180 degree turn or not?

Rob Berendt