Re: Hex codes showing up when field minus used.

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It sounds like you don't have your field defined as being "signed".  If
you're doing this in SDA, type a "*" in front of the input field, choose
Keying Options" and then put an "S" in the keyboard shift attribute.

If you're doing this in DDS source, change the data type to "S", like so:
     A            MYFIELD        5S 0B 11 11CHECK(RB)                

Good luck.



On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Justin wrote:

> Hi there!
> 
> Quick question, hope somebody has the answer.  I have an 11.3 input/output
> field in a display file.  It is used for positive and negative quantity
> adjustments.  The only check I have on the field is FE and there are no edit
> codes.  The problem occurs when the field minus key is used to input a
> negative quantity.  Instead of showing for example a 25- I get a 25}.  When
> I use CHECK(RB) and put in 25- I get a 2N, or for 14- I get a 1M.  These
> seem like hex codes.  The actual program data I'm getting from the fields is
> correct, but the hex interpretation is annoying and possibly confusing to
> the user.  Curious if anyone's had this problem.
> 
> Justin Kiteley
> justin@asiwms.com
> www.asiwms.com
> 
> 
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