Re: Packed Data in an Alpha Field???

[brobins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Scott,

If you just want to casually view it, you can with DSPPFM.  Use the F10 key to
change the view to View/Hex.

Bill

"Robertson, Scott" wrote:

> I have a file that seems to have packed data being written to an
> alphanumeric field.  Is there any way to "view" the data in this field?
>
> I've tried viewing the data through DBU, but it just shows the data as
> little squares...the same as viewing it through DSPPFM.  I've tried
> creating an RPG program that moves the data from the alpha field to a
> packed numeric field, but I get a decimal data error.
>
> I'm hoping that by viewing the data in this field, that I can figure out
> what program is actually writing the data to the file.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Scott S. Robertson
> Information Systems Manager
> Data Processing Sciences Corp.
> Srobertson@dpsciences.com
> http://www.dpsciences.com

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