Matt, in addition to Scott's reply, and seeing that you're new to the AS/400, it might be helpful to know what that '}' character you're seeing is. A little tutorial on EBCDIC and signs might clear some of this up for you.
The digits 0 thru 9 are represented by EBCDIC values x'F0' through x'F9'. On the AS/400, this is true when the digits are being used as numeric or alpha. When a number's sign is changed to negative, the first half-byte of the least significant (rightmost) digit is changed from F to D. Therefore, negative numbers 0 through 9 are represented by EBCDIC values x'D0' through x'D9'. (IIRC, ASCII numeric values in storage that are negative are simply prefaced with a '-' character. Not so with EBCDIC.) In alphanumeric mode, the EBCDIC values x'D0' through x'D9' represent the characters '}', 'J', 'K', ... 'R', respectively. Therefore, the '}' you are seeing represents a zero with a negative sign. If you entered '500' and pressed the Field Minus key, the value in the system would be '50}' (or x'F5F0D0'). If the entry field in the display file is defined correctly, the value would display as '500-' (the placement of the sign is, again, determined by an edit code defined to the entry field). It looks to me that someone on the AS/400 side needs to modify the display file. Usually, using the default "Signed" keyboard shift allows the easiest handling of negative numbers. Unfortunately, you cannot key decimal points in an entry field defined as such. Since your user likely is keying dollar amounts with a decimal point, the keyboard shift for this field cannot be "Signed". I don't have an example handy, but some other combination of keyboard shift and edit codes should take care of this. - Dan Bale (I am *NOT* "Dale" http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200105/msg00281.html ) _______________________________________________ This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/linux5250 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.
