RE: Field filled in

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

Not sure I understand the question.

Seems like the answer is a simple if statement:
if %subst(dspFld:%size(dspfld):1) = *BLANKS;

But I'm guessing that may not be what you are after.

If sounds like you may be wanting something to occur while the user is
typing.  That would be almost impossible as the 5250 data stream is
block oriented.  Until the user presses enter or a CA/CF key, the
iSeries doesn't see anything.  Stream oriented terminals on the other
hand send every key press to the server.

Consider moving your app to the web and using AJAX, it would be well
suited to processing while the user is typing.  (This is the way google
works)

HTH,


Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 12:51 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Field filled in
>
>
> Hi everyone.
> I have another question for anybody.
> Within DDS, is there a way to tell if the last character of a 
> field is NOT
> blank.
> Let me try to further explain with a simple example.
> Lets say a 25 character field, DSPFIELD, contains the value
>
>
> JUST AN EXAMPLE
> which is 15 characters long.
> The user then proceeds to fill in the rest of the screen, and 
> later returns
> to the field DSPFIELD and INSERTS data in the middle of the 
> text to change
> it to
>
> JUST YET ANOTHER SMALL EXAMPLE
>
> This now fills in (and more) the 25 character field. 
> Obviously, in real
> life, the insert would have stopped when the second E in 
> EXAMPLE filled in
> the 25th character. Apart from the user NOT being able to 
> insert ALL the
> text, is there a way for the program to realize that the last 
> character is
> NOT blank.
> P.S. don't forget, in my example, the cursor would NOT be in the 25th
> character.
>
> Any help/suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> Alan Shore
>
> NBTY, Inc
> (631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
> AShore@xxxxxxxx
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