Re: Where do I start?

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Ron Hudson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> If you send data out, and want it back, you have to turn on the
>> Modified Data Tag (MDT) bit in the attribute for that field.
>
> Only if the user does not edit that field.. If the user edits the field the MDT
> is set for you.
>
And if the user does not change the field and you do not set the MDT
then you will not get the field back.  Fine if you have it saved and
properly programed your input decoder to merge the fields.

> Right now I am trying to get underlinded fields to work - my first field starts
> underlining but it never stops to the end of the screen
>
Correct.  It ends at the next attribute field.  Often for each field
you have a Set Buffer Address to position the field literal, a
protected attribute, a literal description, an unrpotected attribute,
old field contents or blanks, and and ending protected attribute.

> Oh and is '[' Square bracket not a mainframe character?  when I try to place one in RPF I get
> a U with an accent of some sort.
>
Probably not in the EBCDIC code page.
>

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Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?