Re: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file

[jerry ven <jerryven95@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Both of these two newly introduced fields should allow input values in it
from this 3rd screen here.

Thanks

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 at 17:10, Jim Hawkins <jhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Regards,
>
> Jim Hawkins
> Programmer Analyst
> Interkal LLC
> Kalamazoo, MI
>
>
> message: 1
> date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:25:00 +0530
> from: jerry ven <jerryven95@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file
>
> it appears when fields on SDA are defined directly then with EXFMT it
> behaves differently compared to the fields which have been defined in the
> DDS of the Display file using REFFLD?
>
> As When this field is displayed on screen and when some value is placed
> from the screen in to it it and then after pressing enter and once it's
> prompted to check what was entered in this field is displayed or not it
> does not show the entered values whereas the other field which is defined
> using REFFLD inside DDS of Display file shows the values in the same way
> when value is entered in it.
>
> Why is it so different here?
> [Jim Hawkins] Is one defined as B (both input and output) and the other as
> O (output only)?  The example you gave the other day showed the field as a
> O.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> message: 3
> date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:17:59 +0000
> from: Roger Harman <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file
>
> Have you tried RDi screen designer?  Honestly, I jumped on it and loved
> it.  Screens and reports both.  You couldn't make me use RLU under threat
> of death though.
> Yeah, SDA is/was comfortable but the benefits of RDi are really worth it.
>
> [Jim Hawkins] Pre-RDI I used to use a spreadsheet then enter the data into
> the DDS specs or, for a narrower report, define the report using SDA, then
> after I saved it convert the source type from DSPF to PRTF, there were a
> few tweaks that were needed, but much better than RLU.
>
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