AS400 Mid Range/Auto enter in display file

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Expert: - 1/7/2010


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Is there a way to take the value of two field, just filled in, (enter not hit yet) and populate them into a third field?  I know how to do this after enter but wondered if there is a way to know a value has been entered in the first two fields and to automatically populate another field.

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Yes - by using the AUTO(RA) or CHECK(RA) option on the second field.  When the second field is keyed, the program behaves as if the ENTER key had been pressed.  You can then populate the third field and redisplay the screen, then allow the user to review or change it, then press ENTER.

- Laird

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