Re: fixed format data entry - Sample

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charles L. Massoglia)]

Try the following:

A             FIELD      9Y 0B  5  2 EDTWRD('    -     ')
A                                    EDTMSK('    &     ')

The hyphen will be protected and the cursor will automatically skip over it.
Hope this helps.

>
>Hello guys. I would like to ask for any ideas on how to do this:
>
>In a data entry screen, I need to display a field in this format:
>
>XXXX-XXXXX
>
>where X's are characters.
>
>I need to have the hypen protected using only 1 field, but the EDTWRD
>does not work on characters.
>
>I know that it's possible to divide the fields into 2, but how do I do
>it using only one field?
>




Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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