RE: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file

Hi,

the first field "MANUAL" is decimal(5, 0) and directly defined on the
screen

the second field "DBREF" references a field in the Database which is also
decimal(5, 0)

Both have edtcde("Z") to suppress zeroes

Hope this helps!


.AAN01N02N03A.Name++++++RLängeDDsFZeiPosFunktionen++++++++++++++++++++++++++
...+... 9 ...+... 0
A R TESTWIN

A MANUAL 5Y 0O 2 3EDTCDE(Z)



A DBREF R O 4 3REFFLD(Formal/Field *LIBL/File)

A EDTCDE(Z)



Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,

  Seán


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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
jerry ven
Sent: Monday, 25 July 2022 16:15
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file

so , i defined it with data type 'N' but when gave some name to this
field in DDS of display file then that name does not get displayed on the
screen i can see only once i put '?' just before that field on the screen i
mean once i do 17 then 12 against the record format under which this field
is being defined then i can see the name of this field which i gave while
designing it's DDS and can also see it's length but unlike other fields
names whose text is defined inside the DDS of this display file under
Functions.
i mean when i try to give some text for this field then i get this error
'"keyword 'whatever text name i give to this field' not valid for this file
type".


So how can I get the name displayed on the screen without putting '?' for
the field which I want to define in my DDS for this Display file? Any
examples please ?


Thanks



On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 at 18:39, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Numeric. RPG will take care of the difference.


Jon P.

On Jul 25, 2022, at 8:46 AM, jerry ven <jerryven95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

What should be the equivalent data type selected in the display file
if

the

physical file's equivalent field is of packed data type with 0
decimal position?


Thanks
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