RE: Packed data

In DBU, press the F10 (cmdkey10) key, hop over to the format "window" take
option 3 (char/hex) then take option 2 (hexadecimal), this will show you
what is in a packed field.   Read top/left first, and the second number is
the left/bottom, the third number is the second position/top, zig-zag to
read the number until you hit the "F" a positive number or a "D" meaning a
negative number.  The shortcut key (if you do not want to explore all the
capabilities of DBU)  is CMD9 to toggle between views.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of ilechr@cbs.fiserv.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 5:14 AM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Packed data




Does anyone know an easy way of displaying packed data held in a  flat file
at a workstation terminal?  I know the position of the packed information.
I've got this from the I-specs in the RPG program defining the record
layout. Both DBU and DSPPFM have yielded nothing more than a rectangle in
reverse image in postion 19 to 24 of the particular record I need.

Robert Ilechuku
ilechr@cbs.fiserv.com


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