Print Char w/ No EBCDIC Hex Code

["Michael Naughton" <mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of my users has asked me if there is a way to embed a special symbol
in a text string -- in other words, he wants to have a text string (in a
normal AS/400 PF record) that contains something like "#  25 x 45 #", only
each "#" would show up as a solid bar or some other image that doesn't
have an EBCDIC hex code. Of course, he'd also like it show on the screen
that way :-), but that is not so important. Most likely, we'd be printing
on some sort of laser printer connected to the AS/400 over our network.
Also, I think we'd always be able to scan the string for substitution
characters (if that were the way to make this work) and replace them with
the graphic when we were printing.

I suspect the short answer is, "no", but before closing the book on this I
thought I'd ask around and see if anyone has any ideas. . . .

Thanks!

Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA  01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@juddwire.com