RE: Packed Data in an Alpha Field???

Do  a DSPPFM then press the HEX button to view the data as HEX code

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Robertson, Scott
[mailto:SRobertson@dpsciences.com]
                Sent:   Monday, March 22, 1999 9:33 PM
                To:     'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
                Subject:        Packed Data in an Alpha Field???

                I have a file that seems to have packed data being
written to an
                alphanumeric field.  Is there any way to "view" the data
in this field?


                I've tried viewing the data through DBU, but it just
shows the data as
                little squares...the same as viewing it through DSPPFM.
I've tried
                creating an RPG program that moves the data from the
alpha field to a
                packed numeric field, but I get a decimal data error.

                I'm hoping that by viewing the data in this field, that
I can figure out
                what program is actually writing the data to the file.

                Any suggestions?

                Scott S. Robertson
                Information Systems Manager
                Data Processing Sciences Corp.
                Srobertson@dpsciences.com
                http://www.dpsciences.com
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