Re: Edit codes, edit words, and constant values

Hello Kevin,

There is in fact a LBEDIT (Late bound edit) builtin that - used together
with the 'to edit mask' APIs will give you runtime control over all
parameters, including source and target strings:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/tstudio/tech_ref/mi/EDIT.htm

Best regards,
Carsten Flensburg


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Wright" <Kevin.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:18 AM
Subject: RE: Edit codes, edit words, and constant values


> Hi Joe,
>
> Three APIs:
>
> QECCVTEC - Convert edit code to edit mask
> QECCVTEW - Convert edit word to edit mask
> QECEDT   - Edit value using edit mask
>
> These work at run time. The descriptions that I have given them may not be
> the ones in the manuals. I am not sure that there isn't a bindable version
> of these. It is ages (nearly 9 years) since I looked into it.