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[pdaula]

Hi all.

A general question: Can I use easytrieve to format a packed numeric field (W 5 P 2) to an unpacked display for a *file* in Z,ZZZ,ZZ9.99 format.

I know that this is easily doable for reports, but I would like to format this for custom file output. Any recommendation is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[shekar123]

pdaula,

If you can format it for a report then you can obviously route the edited output to a file also.
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[kolusu]

pdaula,

Please check this thread for an examle of formatting the packed decimal field

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=13780#13780

[pdaula]

Thanks Kolusu - it works well!

[dz]

Yes, there is another way of doing it outside of the method recommended above.
It is done via Easytrieve DISPLAY. I have this example done recently: