RE: SFL Display issue

I have never had much need for MOVEL and you are right....thanks for 
correcting me Tommy.....


On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:02:16 -0600, Holden Tommy wrote
> How are you loading the display field?  Sounds like you are using
> MOVE....try using MOVEL instead.
> 
> Or  
> Eval  displayfield = %subst(myfield:1:17)
> 
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:53 AM
> To: RPG Group
> Subject: SFL Display issue
> 
> I have created a subfile which lists out our top customers including
> sales 
> numbers....this is based upon a joined logical.
> 
> Due to space limitations I am having to trim the customer name from 
> 25 characters (PF field length) to 17 (subfile field length),
>  however for some customers whose name is longer than 17 it seems to 
> be trimming from the leading end versus the trailing.
> 
> Is there a way to fix this so that it trims from the trailing ?
> 
> If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.
> 
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If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.