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I am using an FMT($999,999,999.99) spec on a numeric field. I want the user to start type on the right side of the field, so if they enter 100, the field will show 1.00

How do I do this? Is there a way to make this field right-aligned? Or maybe use another spec?

Hi Mikhail

The only spec I know of that is formatted and auto right justifies is using the PIC($ZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ.##) and must be used with a numeric variable. This handles the 100, to show 1.00.

Eddie Singer
Crosstech Systems, Inc.


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I am using an FMT($999,999,999.99) spec on a numeric field. I want the user to start type on the right side of the field, so if they enter 100, the field will show 1.00

How do I do this? Is there a way to make this field right-aligned? Or maybe use another spec?

You can use N 12.2 with DECIMAL ASSUMED.

See http://brwiki.ads.net/index.php?title=B ... ys#DECIMAL

I never found a solution that I like, so I ended up using CR 12,AE for my input statement.
As the user types, the cursor starts at the right, but no automatic formatting happens as they type.

The AE attribute causes a "Round Trip", and I process the string, and format it for the user, so as soon as they leave the field it is formatted the correct way.

Gordon, I need the field to already contain the $ sign, commas and the decimal point, so N 12.2 wouldn’t work for that

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You can use N 12.2 with DECIMAL ASSUMED.

See http://brwiki.ads.net/index.php?title=BRConfig.Sys#DECIMAL

Hi All

I agree with all the options you gave. The only issue I see is that he wanted the $ symbol leading.

Eddie Singer


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I never found a solution that I like, so I ended up using CR 12,AE for my input statement.
As the user types, the cursor starts at the right, but no automatic formatting happens as they type.

The AE attribute causes a "Round Trip", and I process the string, and format it for the user, so as soon as they leave the field it is formatted the correct way.

i think the CR 12 is what we will end up doing too. N 12.2 would work EXCEPT that we must move these numbers into string variables.

-john

Correct me if I'm wrong about this...

Normal PIC processing e.g. PIC($$,$$$.00) would do everything desired if it honored DECIMAL ASSUMED.

Is that correct?

PIC is not right aligned. I will have to use logic similar to what Luis described. Luis can you provide a small example of using CR 12, AE like you described

Small example?


let me see if I can cobble something.


The basic idea convert number to formatted string


Input char value


Strip symbols and convert to number


We assume that if you don't type a ". " that you entered cents


Loop back to format and input .

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On Mar 31, 2012, at 9:41 AM, "Mikhail" <brforumlist@ads.net (brforumlist@ads.net)> wrote:

PIC is not right aligned. I will have to use logic similar to what Luis described. Luis can you provide a small example of using CR 12, AE like you described





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PIC is right aligned if the receiving variable is numeric.
It then repaints the value right aligned upon field exit.

Try PIC($$,$$$,$$$.00) with a numeric receiving variable.

Then please tell me what would be deficient if we honored DECIMAL ASSUMED.

We need all the variables to be strings.

In an email, Mikhail wrote: "We need all the variables to be strings."

Why can't you just do the input with a numeric variable and then put the value in a string right afterwords?

Gabriel

Using numeric variables is not an option. It is a centralized function that processes all screens with the same rinput statement. It would not be possible to guess every combination of string-number-string/string-string-number-number-string/etc that every screen in the software uses. We're enhancing Screen Ace to use BR! instead of VB6. An array of strings are passed in and are passed back - then numbers are take out with the val command by the calling program.

-john

I have attached a program that demonstrates using #PIC for numeric input into string variables. It only works for GRID entry, so I don't know if this meets your needs.