Re: How to display a field with invalid data?

Check out the 'FTRANS' keyword.  That allows the automatic translation of
incoming bytes...  Used to use it in comm programs - but it's still there in
rpgiv.

Regards
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "András Cser" <cserandras@hotmail.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 7:39 AM
Subject: RE: How to display a field with invalid data?


> Hi again!
>
> Thanks for the replies. This works. But. :) My collegue says that there is
a
> keyword - or creation parameter - which solves this problem without
> converting the data muself.
>
> Unfortunately, he cannot recall what this keyword is, and I can't find
> anything in the doc.
>
> Now my question is: Am I missing something or is my collegue wrong?
>
> Thanks for judging :),
> Andras
>
>
> >From: Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@cross-check.com>
> >Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> >To: "'RPG400-L@midrange.com'" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> >Subject: RE: How to display a field with invalid data?
> >Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 20:26:59 -0800
> >
> >Create a table of hex character below x'40' and a corresponding table of
> >characters equal to or above x'40.  Then use the xlate opt code.
> >d bad      c           const(x'0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f...')
> >d good     c           const('                        ...')
> >
> >c    Bad:Good   Xlate  FileFld   ScreenFld
> >
> >I use '?' for my replacement character.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: András Cser [mailto:cserandras@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:51 PM
> >To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> >Subject: How to dispaly a field with invalid data?
> >
> >
> >Hi!
> >
> >I have a file, and one of its fields (character type) may contain
> >characters
> >
> >which are below x'40'. When I move this field into a display's file
field,
> >then do EXFMT, I receive an error message:
> >Permanent I/O error occurred in file
> >
> >How can I avoid this?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Andras
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