Decimal Question

[Witkopp, Richard]

Be aware that using float data types may change
your values a little. We used to do this sort of
thing the hard way - with substring extracts and
concatenating the output strings with the desired
"punctuation".

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edis, Bob [mailto:BEdis@usbnc.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:14 AM
> To: PowerHouse List (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Decimal Question
> 
> 
> Use a float data type (d_famount FLOAT = iamount / 100) to 
> convert value to
> an CHAR data type and insert the decimal point (e.g. 
> d_camount CHAR*9 =
> ASCII(iamount,8)[1:6] + '.' + ASCII(iamount,8)[7:2]
> 
> Blue 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnone, Anthony [mailto:aarnone@grey.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:51 AM
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: Decimal Question
> 
> 
> I have a numeric field called amount that is stored in the 
> database without
> the decimal placement. (i.e. $100.00 = 10000) I need to write 
> this field to
> a subfile with the nodictionary parameter including the 
> decimal point so in
> the file it looks like 100.00. Any Ideas? I am running 8.19 
> on MPE i/X. Also
> can someone explain when I append to a subfile with the nodictionary
> parameter I need to hit the return key for it to process or 
> else it would do
> nothing and just hang there.
> 
> 			Anthony
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lu, David [mailto:David.Lu@mkcorp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:43 AM
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Cc: garrywh@core.ca
> Subject: RE: Question: Is there a way to convert PowerHouse code into
> any other language?
> 
> 
> Try www.core.ca.  Currently they provide services to migrate 
> Powerhouse 4GL
> into COM or Java.
> 
> David Lu
> Information Services & Technologies
> Mary Kay Inc.
> 972-687-5439 (office)
> 972-687-1601 (fax)
> david.lu@mkcorp.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Morrison - Corporate 
[mailto:dmorrison@mcbrideelectric.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, February 26, 2002 3:38 PM
To:	'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
Subject:	Question: Is there a way to convert PowerHouse code into any
	other language?


We're running on an IBM AS/400, but the question is applicable to any
platform.
Thanks.
David Morrison


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