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  • Subject: Re: Techniques for variable field types in a subfile
  • From: booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 02:00:24 GMT

Why not make the field a character field of appropriate length and then 
EVAL the values into the field as the subfile is loaded.  Numeric fields 
can go in with %EditC(Fld 'N') for left hand minus signs, etc. 
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Booth Martin
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com
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Mark Drazic <Mark.Drazic@Omniumww.com>
Sent by: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com
08/09/2000 03:32 PM
Please respond to RPG400-L

 
        To:     "'RPG400-L@midrange.com'" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
        cc: 
        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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