Re: equivalent data type for packed field in Display file

[Frank Kolmann <Frank.Kolmann@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am not able to understand what you show, it does not look correct to 
me, positions are all wrong.

On 27/07/2022 10:05 pm, jerry ven wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The example which I posted in my last post for Display file was like below:-
>
> in DDS of Display file:-
>
> FLD1      1                B                       7              40
> FLD2       2              0B                      8              40
>
>
> Thanks
>
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 at 17:32, jerry ven <jerryven95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 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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