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I've only ever used MAPFLD with IO type "B" (Both Input and Output)... Could it be that it should look like this?

A RPTDT L B 5 29DATFMT(*USA)
A MAPVAL(('01/01/0001' *BLANK))

Hth,
-Eric
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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 12:29 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: MAPVAL issues

Does anyone use the MAPVAL keyword? I am having the following issue,


My date field is defined like so:
A RPTDT L I 5 29DATFMT(*USA)
A MAPVAL(('01/01/0001' *BLANK))

I am reading into a data structure defined like this:
dcl-ds dsprec likerec(display: *all);

But when I read the record (using EXFMT), a blank keyed on the screen is input as a blank which causes invalid format error when the field is used.

What am I doing wrong?

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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