PowerHouse on AS/400: Entry of negative numbers

[Latimer, Richard]

David,

have you tried swapping or copying the key function in your terminal
emulator? 
We use Client Access Express for Windows (ver 4.3) and I just did a trial to
change it with the normal hyphen / underscore key and it worked OK in our
application. 

One caveat is that since the numlock is probably selected that simulates the
shift key so you may need to fiddle a bit. (While you are at it we have
remapped most of ours to support ctrl-C and ctrl-V for cut and paste and I
have also set up the tilde (the one above the tab key) to behave like F16
(the as/400 command line find key)

regards
Richard Latimer
National MIS Manager
Airways New Zealand
Ph +64 4 471 4744
Fax +64 4 471 0395


-----Original Message-----
From: David Morrison - Corporate [mailto:dmorrison@mcbrideelectric.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2002 10:18 a.m.
To: 'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
Subject: PowerHouse on AS/400: Entry of negative numbers


This question is related to the AS/400, only.

When one enters negative numbers into a DFU or DDS screen on the AS/400, the
"Field Minus" key (next to the 10-key pad) can be used, combining
right-justification of the digits with the ending minus sign.

My PowerHouse QUICK screens don't allow the use of the Field Minus key.
Instead, users must key the hyphen (above the "P" on the keyboard), which is
inconvenient because it's not by the 10-key pad.

Is there something that I can do in the data dictionary or in each screen,
perhaps, to enable the usage of the Field Minus key in QUICK screens?

Thank you.

David Morrison
	

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