Re: CNTFLD & WRDWRAP and ACS

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem is that the data field is used in another program as the 
body for an email, so the extra spaces mess it up.

My memory is that Client Access didn't add the extra spaces.


On 10/27/2016 7:08 AM, MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 10/26/2016 05:51:59
> PM:
>
> Booth,
>
> I've used the CNTFLD in ACS 5250 without any problems. It seems to work
> just like it always did. The field wraps, but doesn't necessarily break on
> word divisions. That requires the WRDWRAP keyword. WRDWRAP will insert
> spaces into the field in order to break on word spaces. If I really need
> to clean it up, I'll unstring the field breaking on multiple spaces and
> then string it back together with single spaces--that's pretty rare. (Of
> course, I think I've only done this in COBOL programs, not any RPG that I
> can recall. But language shouldn't really make a difference in how it
> behaves.)
>
> I'm on ACS 1.1.5.1 Build id: 6130 from March 21--newer versions are
> available and may behave differently. But if they do, it's got to be a
> bug. I'd open a PMR.
>
> (Being Java there are other factors involved--host OS, JRE, etc. But I
> still say it sounds like a bug--even though I haven't experienced it.)
>
> Michael Quigley
> Computer Services
> The Way International
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