Re: Numeric fields bug

["Jason M. Felice" <jasonf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okey, I get it.  Let me file this one away in my 'bugs' folder, and there
should be a new version out soon with various asundry fixes ;)

-Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice

P.S. Where is there a signed numeric field in the system that I can test with?
It can be pretty much anywhere in the operating system - I have plenty of
access rights to our 400, but only because they know I'm not stupid enough to
excercise them ;)

On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 11:11:03AM -0500, Scott Klement wrote:
> It appears that when you've got a signed numeric field, it allows
> you to type any numeric character that you wish in the spot where
> the sign should go.
> 
> Other emulators don't let you type anything in that spot, the cursor
> just sits there til you hit tab, field exit, field minus or some
> other key that moves you to the next field.
> 
> At any rate, if I type a number where the sign should be, the AS/400
> will think that theres an I/O error with the terminal, and the
> program that I'm running on the AS/400 will crash with a CPF message.
> 
> This may be the same error that Sean Porterfield reported earlier,
> I'm not sure... but it happens consistently when you type a number
> where the sign should be...
> 
> Thanks!

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