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Hi there,

i have the following Situation and need some help please.

Input File RECL 62.

Pos 1-28 Some Binary Decimal and Chars
Pos 29-59 TEXTFIELD CHAR 30 Bytes filled with HEX'00'
Pos 60-61 Binary Decimal

Now, i have a DFSORT that will make a Overlay on the Char Field at Position 29. So far, so good.


That will Result in

To remove the Overlayed Text TEST OKT1 i am able to Change the Overlay to:

With the Result


But what i need is to append my Text at the First Position of a Hex '00' in the Textfield between Position 29-59 so the Result should be:

How am i able to give the Overlay the instructions to append a Text on the Fist Position of a Hex'00' in a Textfield?

Best Regards Thomas

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expat wrote:Try here http://ibmmainframes.com/about45948.html
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Thx, i allready asked google.
But this is not what i am looking for.
I allready have all my include conditions, joinkey and reformat Statements. That is working absolute perfect.

So here is my question again.


How am i able to give the Overlay the instructions to append a Text on the Fist Position of a Hex'00' in a Textfield?