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  3. September 2001

Packed vs Zoned

 >> You can get your zero-decimal-position binary fields from external
 >>  files and data structures to be treated as integer (rather than
 >>  'B'-binary) types by coding EXTBININT(*YES) in your H spec.

Thanks for that reminder Barbara - I thought I could remember that a binary
option had been added but when I checked the on-line manual (in Code/400) I
couldn't find it.

I have now rechecked by doing a search for the keyword and sure enough it
finds it.  The reason I missed it is that the keyword is missing from the
list on
http://localhost:49213/cgi-bin/vahwebx.exe/en_US/va400/Extract/0/qcodemrm/ev
frilsh269.htm#HDRCSCOKW but can be found on the individual detail pages.

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