scrolling field question

Penney, John resolutebay at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 16 08:50:36 CDT 2013


Sagar, Bob and hopefully interested parties: (This data is not classified)
 
Still no resolution, so I'm adding more information and seek further solutions:
 
Record Screen:MODE:F ACTION:                    ITEM Screen

Record BUSINESS_RULES_MST                         Length  2116 Status OK

Item                   Usage      Type Size Dec
Datatype  Size Occ Indx Off01  BR_TYPE                              C    3    
CHARACTER    3   1  R      002  BR_NUM                               N    6 
ZONED-U      6   1         303  BR_DESC                              C   40 
CHARACTER   40   1         904  BR_STATEMENT                         C 2046 
CHARACTER 2046   1        4905  DATE_ENTERED                         N    8 
INTEGER-S    4   1      209506  DATE_UPDATED                         N    8 
INTEGER-S    4   1      209907  TIME_ENTERED                         N    8 
INTEGER-S    4   1      210308  TIME_UPDATED                         N    8 
INTEGER-S    4   1      210709  USER_UPDATED                         C    4 
CHARACTER    4   1      211110  FILLER                               C    1 
CHARACTER    1   1      2115
                                                 
 QUICK710G L4 PDKC2003.QKC(00/02/09) QDESIGN710G VT220 (c) COGNOS INCORPORATED.
Element Screen:MODE:F ACTION:                   ELEMENT Screen

01 Element Name  BR_STATEMENT                           Usage is 
Element Type  C                Element Size  2046 
Shift  Value 02 Item Defaults:   Datatype CHARACTER  Size 2046           No. of Occurs    103 Leading  Sign             05 Fill  Character            08 Input  Scale
04 Trailing Sign             06 Float Character            09 Output Scale
07 Blank When Zero?           10 Significance11 Allow Century Input?      12 Force Century Input?       13 Null Separator14 Initial
15 Pattern
16 Picture
17 Help Msg
18 Heading  "Br Statement"
19 Label    "Br Statement"

20 Auto Defn: A                                               Values?  NoQUICK710G L3 PDKC6.QKC(00/02/09) QDESIGN710G VT220 (c) COGNOS INCORPORATED.

QDESIGN Code:
FILE BUSINESS_RULES_MST PRIMARY
ACCESS VIA BR_TYPE, BR_NUM                            &
USING BR_TYPE, BR_NUM                            &
REQUEST BR_TYPE, BR_NUM
ACCESS SEQUENTIAL                                     &
ORDERBY BR_NUM
"Business Rule CTRL+B = Redisplay; CTRL+A = Insert/Overwrite          " &
AT ,1
SKIP 
ALIGN (1,,4)
FIELD BR_STATEMENT OF BUSINESS_RULES_MST                                &
FOR 10,76 
SKIP TO 20
ALIGN( 1,4,25)
Screen contents:

MODE:F ACTION:                 Business Rules Maintenance DV  SMD649.00
Business Rule 
Type   No.     Description 
01 QKS 1 test rule 1 
Business Rule CTRL+B = Redisplay; CTRL+A = Insert/Overwrite  
02 ............................................................................
.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccc
cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
ffffffgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg 
                                                                                 
03 Text Output Filename 
04 Entered 2013/09/16 Updated 2013/09/16 At 9:24 By USJP
You will note that exactly 512 bytes of the 10,76 are being used... I am mystified as we have an exact copy running that uses a 2040 byte field (scrolling, i.e.) and an Rdb Table- scrolls backward and forward like a charm. What is wrong?

Many thanks for all your posts fellow listers:


John M Penney
  
 

________________________________
 From: Vidyasagar Goparaju <Vidyasagar.Goparaju at kewill.com>
To: "Penney, John" <resolutebay at yahoo.com> 
Cc: power-l <powerh-l at lists.sowder.com> 
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 5:37 PM
Subject: RE: scrolling field question
  


 
I would look at the ELEMENT definition in the dictionary. Possible that the ELEMENT is 512 characters but the FIELD on your file is 2046.

Sagar
 
From:powerh-l-bounces+vidyasagar.goparaju=kewill.com at lists.sowder.com [mailto:powerh-l-bounces+vidyasagar.goparaju=kewill.com at lists.sowder.com] On Behalf Of Penney, John
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 4:12 PM
To: power-l
Subject: scrolling field question
 
Greetings, Powerhouse-l 'ers
 
I have a field 2046 characters in length on an RMS file and I just wish to populate the first (say) 760 characters on a screen thusly:
 
FIELD BR_STATEMENT OF BUSINESS_RULES_DTL &
FOR 10,76 
 
 
Well, try as I may I get exactly 512 bytes when I enter data (no >> or << to indicate next screen or previous) and the cursor just refuses to go any further. Stops, same on changemode....
 
I cribbed liberally from an existing screen has a 2040 field that is 16, 76 and it works like a proverbial charm. Now it IS an Rdb table but it's still just a column/field and it scrolls perfectly.
 
Confused in RI....
 
Appreciate any and all hints- am I missing something obvious or is there an inherent limitation for a character field from an RMS file I'm not aware of?
 
Driving me batty...
 
Tks again!
 
 
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