RE: packed field

[steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

In the SDA test it looks like:


 PFCUEA        666666:

> It's packed in the PF. In the DDS, I use the REF for define.
> Am I suppposed to unpack it in the program?
>
> I am doing nothing to it in the RPG ILE program, it is just supposed to be
> displayed after the user selected the record on the main
> subfile listing.
>
>> I am not sure, how would this be happening?
>>> Are you sure you're not writing a field in the attribute byte of the
>>> packed field in the DDS?
>>>
>>>
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>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:03 PM
>>> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
>>> Subject: packed field
>>>
>>> HI I have a packed field, defined as 6 3.
>>> I mimic this description in the DDS ( it is to be displayed when the
>>> user selected the record from the Subfile listing),
>>>
>>> There is data there but it is not displaying on the screen. For
>>> debugging I put in a loop if the file has this field at 0, keep reading
>>> the next record. This renders the subfile empty.
>>>
>>> I seem to be missing somthing.
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