RE: Edit Mask

So is QECCVTEC the only known method to take an edit code and generate
the cryptic "edit mask"?
It does work, and I have my routine working perfectly now, but I'm leary
of calling a program (QECCVTEC) in order to do the conversion--I was
hoping for a procedure call. :(  Oh well.

Bob Cozzi

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On Behalf Of Carsten Flensburg
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:16 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Edit Mask



Hello Bob,

It is indeed in the MI Functional Reference and can be found online
here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/tstudio/tech_ref/mi/ED
IT.htm


You could also use the QECCVTEC (Convert Edit Code to Mask) API to
generate the edit mask - and the LBEDIT builtin is also an option (see
"Bound program access" for EDIT following the link above) if you want to
call the EDIT function from RPG/IV.

Best regards,
Carsten Flensburg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@rpgiv.com>
To: <rpgiv@yahoogroups.com>; <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:09 AM
Subject: Edit Mask


> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> The MI instruction "edit" and "edit_packed" as described in the ILE C
> for AS/400 programmers reference indicates that one of the parameters
> must be an edit "mask" of up to 256 characters. However, that edit
> mask is never described in the manual. DOes anyone know if the
> description is in the old "real" MI manual and if so, can they post it

> here?



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