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  • Subject: Re: Beginner needs help w/ decimal field to text field
  • From: John Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:01:50 -0400

Jason take a half an hour and try this.

just use the CVTRPGSRC command on this program.  Use a different member
name for the program so you don't affect anything you have working now. 
Look at the output - pretty similar just different columns.

Add in the editc line and you are done.

You don't have to change any other programs to RPG IV

John


Jason Waugh wrote:
> 
> On 10/19/2000 at 12:59 PM Bob Slaney/Atlanta/IBM wrote:
> 
> >You do know that you have RPG IV on your system, right?  All you have to do
> >is make your program type RPGLE and you can code RPG IV and compile it.
> 
> Sheesh... judging from the reaction from the list members I should really be 
>using RPG IV ;)
> 
> I don't know how.
> 
> I'm just teaching myself right now by reading other programs... the bulk of 
>our programming (past and current development) is RPG/400 so that's what I'm 
>learning.  I'm told that I'm free to use RPG IV... but in addition to learning 
>everything I still have to get stuff done, and I've been able to do everything 
>I need so far with what I'm using.  The real kicker is that everytime I need 
>to look something up, all I have is an ILE reference manual, so I keep finding 
>things that do exactly what I want - and I can't use them but know exactly 
>what I'm missing  ;)
> 
> I think I'll make my next project my first RPG IV project....
> 
> Thanks a bunch for everybody's help... a few different solutions there (each 
>of which taught me a lot - CPYTOIMPF, RPG IV, and APIs are all both new and 
>useful to me)
> 
> (BTW... I've got a solution from another developer here which is similar to 
>the one given by Joel Fritz that seems to work quite well)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jason Waugh
> Systems Development
> COLLECTCORP, INC.
> (416)935-2883
> 
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