Re: fixed format data entry - Sample

Please note the requester had specified that the data field is Character and
not Numeric. Therefore the Edit Word will not work.

______________________________________________
Eric N. Wilson
President
Doulos Software & Computer Services
2913 N Alder St
Tacoma WA 98407


----- Original Message -----
From: Charles L. Massoglia <cmassoglia@voyager.net>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: fixed format data entry - Sample


> Try the following:
>
> A             FIELD      9Y 0B  5  2 EDTWRD('    -     ')
> A                                    EDTMSK('    &     ')
>
> The hyphen will be protected and the cursor will automatically skip over
it.
> Hope this helps.
>
> >
> >Hello guys. I would like to ask for any ideas on how to do this:
> >
> >In a data entry screen, I need to display a field in this format:
> >
> >XXXX-XXXXX
> >
> >where X's are characters.
> >
> >I need to have the hypen protected using only 1 field, but the EDTWRD
> >does not work on characters.
> >
> >I know that it's possible to divide the fields into 2, but how do I do
> >it using only one field?
> >
>
>
>
>
> Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
> PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
> 517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net
>
>
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