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Using Field Edit Codes

Edit codes are used to alter or customize panel or report design. You use edit codes to punctuate data fields for panel entry, panel display and report output. CA 2E ships a number of edit codes that you can use. The shipped file is YEDTCDERFP, residing in library Y2SY.

If you are using ENPTUI (enhanced NPT user interface) you can choose to mask input edit codes.

Starting in Release 6.0, the CA 2E DDS generator follows these rules:

• When resolving the edit word, if ‘field length+1’ results in an edit word with a zero in the left-most portion of the edit word, an EDTWRD with a leading zero will be generated.
• If the above situation is not encountered, the edit word is generated without any changes.

This satisfies Date, Time, and Social Security number requirements where all leading zeros are needed. However, existing limitation in the DDS generation of edit words still remain, including:

• Certain fields with long lengths and many decimal places fail at compile time when combined with certain EDTWRD definitions.
• If the first character in an EDTWRD is a format character, as in a phone number, that character will not display for NPT DDS. This limitation can be corrected by allowing for an integer to the left of the left-most format character and using an edit mask.

See the chapter "Modifying Device Designs" in Building Applications for more information on ENPTUI input edit code masking.

To obtain a list of edit codes, type a ? in any of the Edit code fields on the Edit Field Details panel. Depending on your selection (screen input, screen output, or report output), the Display Edit Codes panel shows a list of codes available for the selected field.

You can change the shipped edit code masks directly in the shipped file.