Re: Field value

When you want to have users select fields, which is what i guess, there are
some approaches:

- you know the file (or whatever the datafields holds) at program creation
time, then it's a select group like

C         SELECT
C         WHEN   FIELD = 'STATUS'
C         EVAL     VALUE = STATUS
C         WHEN   FIELD = 'BALANCE'
C         EVAL      VALUE = %EDITC(BALANCE:'J')
...and so on...

- you do not know the file at program creation time. Then you have to use
DSPFFD, or for performance's sake, the QUSLFLD (hope i remembered the name
correctly) API and read the file program desribed and SUBSTR your values out
of the record from the positions retrieved with the API. Quite a job,
especially when you have to deal lwith packed, binary, ... field types. Char
is easy... :-)

0.02 Euro



> Vini Kolathur wrote:
>
> >      Hi ,
> >         Just wanted to make sure if this is possible in RPG/400 or ILE.
Can
> >      i treat the value of a field as a field and do a comparison
operation.
> >
> >      For eg: Field X= "STATUS" , this STATUS is the name of field using
> >      this can i access the value of the field STATUS.
> >      I guess i am clear in my question .
> >
> >
> >      Can somebody help me with it.
> >
> >
> >      Thank you,
> >      Vini
>
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