Re: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file

I see a few problems with this.

- Almost all of DDS has to be coded in uppercase, unless it's in quotes, e.g. COLHDG('Jerry')
- As others have pointed out, you have left the Decimal Positions blank - so FLD1 would default to Character
- The keyboard shift numeric 'N' applies to input only and has no bearing on output

You may have more luck with:
     A            FLD1           2S 0O  7 39
- but this supposes you don't have any overlapping fields which would result in FLD1 not being displayed. Don't forget you MUST leave at least one space between fields in a Display File, (so the attribute bytes don't overlap).

To respond to your earlier query, DDS has no concept of Packed Numeric fields, only Signed Numeric (Zoned Decimal). (You cannot display/print a Packed field because each byte - i.e. character position - contains 2-digits.) RPG IV automagically redefines Signed Numeric field in DDS to Packed Decimal in the program. (Look at the compiler listing to prove it to yourself.)

Time to hit the manuals and programming guides?

Brian.

On 25/07/2022 15:42, jerry ven wrote:

i am also trying to define my field directly for the screen like below
only difference is i am defining like below without using EDTCDE-

A Fld1 2N O 7 39

But i don't see my field name 'FLD1' on the screen like above, whereas
within the same DDS other fields which are defined using reffld and have
some text under Functions their data is displayed as is on the screen.

So not sure how the field name could be displayed here if I am not using
REFFLD and Functions.in the DDS of display file.


Thanks