RE: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in DDS)

S/He doesn't like extra lines of code?  Good for her/him.   

Now, please just change your message.  My experience is that positive
messages are better than negative messages.   Why tell the user what s/he
can't do?  S/He needs to know what s/he CAN do, not what s/he can't do. 
Make the message positive, something like "You must key a value from "A"
through "Z".  
 
Why are you insisting on inserting redundant code?

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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 03/16/04 17:39:35
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in DDS)
 
I wanted to code against a blank, but when a blank is entered, you get the
Comp GE A message. It may seem extremely trivial I agree. But my leader
questions every I mean every 'extra' line of code as if it were coming out
their personal pocket.
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Liotta [mailto:qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 3:12 PM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in DDS)
>
> rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > 2. Re: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in
> > DDS) (simafrog)
> >
> >I am completely entitled to ask whatever I want to on this mailing list
as it
> pertains to the RPG language.
>
> Of course, since the question pertains to DDS and not RPG, there's
confusion
> on both sides.
>
>
> >If you try to do COMP GT 'A' in DDS and then try to enter a blank you
will
> get the message that the 'Value must be greater than A'.
>
> The other confusion is that this is exactly what's supposed to happen
because
> *blank is not greater than 'A'. You coded COMP GT 'A' and then tried to
enter
> something less than 'A' and got the message.
>
> The message is telling you that you're not supposed to enter something
less
> than 'A', such as a *blank. It's telling you it has to be greater than 'A'

> Since it's working exactly as it's supposed to work, nobody can figure out
> what question you're asking.
>
> It seems that you might be asking how to code DDS to allow either
characters
> greater than 'A' or a *blank. Is that what you want?
>
> Tom Liotta
>
>
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