RE: Issue with display file

I am quickly figuring that out Francis, one thing that does seem strange as 
well is that when I use the field minus on the keypad it initially displays 
wierd characters, however when the user hits enter it displays it 
correctly....is this something I can correct?

The emulator is client access.


On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:06:47 -0600 , Lapeyre, Francis wrote
> Normally you need to use Field Minus on the keypad to enter a 
> negative number. Been that way since time immemorial. Now, if the 
> users want to be able to put a dash in _front_ and have it expressed 
> as a negative number, you will have to define the screen field as a 
> character field and do your own manipulation in RPG.
> 
> Over here, the users to use Field Minus and the negative sign is 
> shown on the right (edit code J, usually).
> 
> Francis Lapeyre
> IS Dept. Programmer/Analyst
> Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
> E-mail: flapeyre@xxxxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. 
> Palme Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2006 8:56 AM To: Midrange Systems 
> Technical Discussion Subject: Re: Issue with display file
> 
> One thing I just figured out is that when entering a negative number 
> it seems I have to enter it as 32- and then field exit otherwise it 
> ignores the "-"
> 
> So entering -32 does not work
> 
> Anyone else ever see this?
> 
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 06:22:47 -0800 (PST), Jen Raihala wrote
> > If there is room on the file, one of the guys here uses an indicator 
> > to  show a '-' . He is a firm believer in indicators. Its probably ot 
> > the  cleanest code, but it works for him.
> > 
> > "Douglas W. Palme" <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  We need to be able to 
> > display a negative number (-32) on a display file.  I have played with 
> > this some for the past couple of days to no avail.
> > 
> > I have tried using several edit codes, changing the data type to type 
> > "S" but nothing I have tried seems to work.
> > 
> > It is imperative that the field display the negative number, even if 
> > the system knows what it is behind the scenes.
> > 
> > Here is the current field dds:
> > 
> > A            DTMPFRM        2Y 0B 11 28COLOR(TRQ)
> > A                                      CHECK(FE) 
> > A                                      CHECK(RB) 
> > A                                      EDTCDE(N)
> > 
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> > 
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