RE: MAPVAL issues

In that case, I'd check initialization of the field data... Since this is a subfield in a data structure, without INZ() definitions, the data structure gets initialized to blanks...

-Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:03 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: MAPVAL issues

In one of his prior posts he mentioned that he started with BOTH.

Charles


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:59 AM, DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ok, so in the DDS he declares this field for INPUT only, meaning that
this field will be in the INPUT data structure, but not OUTPUT. How
does RPG map dcl-ds dsprec likerec(display: *all) when input and
output formats are different?

I still think all he needs to do is define the field for BOTH input
and output...

-Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Charles Wilt
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:54 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: MAPVAL issues

It doesn't appear that you are initializing the DS...so what are you
loading to it?

Are you using OVRDTA / PUTOVR keywords by chance...though I wouldn't
expect those to matter for an input only field...you said in another
post you started with a Both.

I'm wondering if the problem is in the i/o to the DS.

I'd try doing an exfmt using I & O -specs jsut to see if it works there.

Charles


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
< mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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