RE: Techniques for variable field types in a subfile

The easiest solution IMHO would be to call the field alpha, then when you
use ILE/RPG do your editing as you place data into the display field; and
example of an eval statement would be as such:

Eval      alphasubfilefield =
             %Trim(%EditW(payment_amount:'$  ,   .0 '))

HTH

Mark A. Manske
[mailto:mmanske@minter-weisman.com]
Sr. Project Lead
Minter-Weisman




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Mark Drazic
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 2:33 PM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: Techniques for variable field types in a subfile


We currently have a requirement to display/edit variable field types in a
subfile list, for example:

Description             Value
Payment Amount          $99,999.99 <------- Numeric field
Payment Date            01/01/2000 <------- Date Field
Payment Status              ACTIVE <------- Text Field

Obviously, one can Display/Hide/Protect different columns in a subfile list,
but this has its technical restrictions and also objections from the user
community.  The intent here, is to use ONE column in the subfile for fields
defined with different types.  We know this must be possible, because
applications such as DBU & PFE use a similiar technique when displaying
fields from database files.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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