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[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The "A" specs are for the programming language DDS.

I have now been writing in some such languages so long that I use the 
manuals to look up HOW TO some code I not used in a while, but rarely for 
the overall rules of engagement.

We can update this code using SEU PDM SQL and more advanced tools, each of 
which has various help support to catch incorrectly coded lines before they 
go in, provided the source member has the right sub-type to connect to the 
appropriate help.
Also the complier has all sorts of messages about oops.  But this does not 
help us where we produce valid results other than what we intended.

In general, there are limits to lengths of fields even when using 
wrap-around, and these limits are spelled out in the programming manuals 
... there are both white books and red books available from IBM, which we 
can access on-line on web sites that shift every time IBM renames our OS 
platform.

We have to leave one unused space between each field ... unused by us ... 
IBM uses it for some special codes that spell out how to portray the field, 
its rules.

With SDA you can doodle the screen layout you want, then have it compile 
the code, although I usually find some other screen software similar to my 
goal, then cut & paste something that works, then adjust it to taste ... 
that way 95% of my coding is already done for me before I start.

I found the following links pretty rapidly via Google ... I can't speak to 
the relative quality of the individual works.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/index.htm?info/db2/rbafomst02.htm
http://www.code400.com/
http://www.as400pro.com/tipListInq/category/DDS
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1002621
http://www.alcsoftware.com/dds/
http://www.systeminetwork.com/clubtech/TNT400/bo400ng/AS400Q0100.htm

Al Macintyre


> I have a weird problem in a display file that I need some help with 
> involving a window border.
> A field inside the window border is defined as: 
> KIQQX        250          VARLEN(100)
> I use this in the display record using the: CNTFLD(050) & WRDWRAP keywords.
> This results in 5 lines of 50 charcters as a continuous field for a short 
> text field (wonderful!).
> Unfortunately the border to the right hand side of the first 50 bytes 
> shows a gap in the solid blue:
>
> A                                      WDWBORDER((*COLOR BLU) (*DSPATR HI)
>
> as does the border to the left of the second line of the 5 lines. That's 
> the only place where this occurs. The remaining three lines have no 
> breaks. I have two colums of blank space between the end of the 5 lines 
> and the border as well as two columns between the border and the start of 
> the 5 lines. Is there more I should be aware of?
>
> While I'm at it, is there any web reference which gives a comprehensive 
> tutorial on how to code windows? The only article of use I've been able to 
> find is an MCPRESSONLINE one from 1995!
>  Thanks in expectation.
>
> Mike Pantzopoulos
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