RE: field minus

["Juan Rivas" <jrivas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all
We've run Scott patch for Field Minus and work fine in tn5250-0.16.1 console
mode.
We're happy with the results.

THANKS

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com>
To: linux5250@midrange.com <LINUX5250@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: field minus


>
> It looks like we're not handling the change from positive to negative
> properly on a non-signed numeric field.
>
> To handle it properly, the 6th bit in the last byte of the numeric field
> should be turned off.   i.e.  "0" (0xf0) becomes "}" (0xd0), "1" (0xf1)
> becomes "J" (0xd1), etc.
>
> What we were (incorrectly) doing is concatenating a "}" to the end of
> the field, no matter what the value of the field was.  Essentially, we
> were always adding a zero to the end, and making it negative.
>
> I've sent a patch to Sean Porterfield and Juan Rivas (who have both
> mentioned this problem) and if they're happy with the results I'll
> pass the patch along to Jason to be applied...
>
>
> Thanks for all your help finding this stuff... :)
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Sean Porterfield wrote:
>
> > Repost: Does the list block messages with attachments (or a max file
> > size?)  Anyway, instead of attached, trace available on request.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I thought all the field minus / field exit problems had been fixed, but
> > maybe I just don't use field minus enough.
> >
> > When I key 1 then field minus, I see 10- in the field (after pressing
> > enter).  I know of a few places this happens, but order entry is the
> > most important!  (I can't give this out to users as is.)
> >
> > Trace file attached in case someone has an idea.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
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