Re: Field Names

"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 06/11/2019
01:00:02 PM:

----- Message from Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx> on Tue, 11 Jun
2019 14:46:10 +0300 -----

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Re: Field Names

Reminds me of a question I've posted on Code400 just a couple of years

back

(time flies when your'e having fun)

Indirect Addressing?

August 15th, 2005, 07:00 AM
Hello There,


A RPG (III or ILE) programing challenge I'm wrestling with:

Using Field_name parameter with the DDS RTNCRSLOC
I am able to tell (in the RPG program) the name of the screen field

the

cursor was on (the name is returned in the Field_name parameter).

Now, is there a way to retrieve the VALUE of that field on the screen?
(using pointers, APIs....)


Thanks
Gad

RTNCSRLOC is a field that contains the name of the field where your cursor
is. The field will contain its value. I simply use a select/when structure
to handle the fields I'm interested in. If you want something generic
(i.e., meaning handling any and all fields), that question has been asked
recently and the answer is essentially, "Not really." There are ways, but
they're not simple.

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International