Re: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file

[Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

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