Re: Techniques for variable field types in a subfile

The simple way of doing this is to use a character field and load whatever
data in the program before you write to the subfile.  Otherwise, using a
Single-Page subfile only, you can condition fields for display when EXFMTing
the subfile control.


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From: Mark Drazic <Mark.Drazic@Omniumww.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:32 PM
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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