How to Left Align Output Fields

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Woozy
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Hi Everyone,

Is there a way to force 4GL output fields to be left-aligned, regardless of data type?  I know this can be done for input fields, but I'm specifically wondering about output fields.

Here's what my code looks like now:

*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$SCREEN    ZY912    S
[ZY91]                   ?Jrs Leave Plan Details
                   +      ]

              |Company ;    ;         ;                              ;
             |Employee ;         ;    ;                                        ;
         |Absence Plan ;          ;   ;                              ;
      |Structure Group ;          ;   ;                              ;
             |Position ;            ; ;                              ;

   |Service Begin Date ;          ;
        |Accrual Basis ; ; ;          ;
         |Accrual Rate ;       ;
|Last Pay Period Processed ;          ;

 

and here is what the screen layout looks like:


I'd like to push company, employee, and accrual rate to left align.  Any ideas?

Thanks!

Kelly Meade
J. R. Simplot Company
Boise, ID
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I have used the 2000-JUSTIFY-STRING, but this is good for text field formats.  I don't think you will be able to accomplish what you are looking to, since the specific output strings are defined as numeric.   

 

Jim

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