Changing Minus sign to brackets in smartforms

Question

Hi Gurus.
I would like to ask if there is a way to change the minus sign of a type int variabel into brackets.
for example in smartforms,
the value is   "900-"
and i want to show it as (900).
is there any mask provided in the smartforms?
thx & rgds,
William Prawira

Answer 1

write a simple logic before printing this value
define charater variable in global
data : v_string type char20.
in program line.
data : v_value1 type i,
         v_str(20) type char.
if v_value <= 0.
v_value1 = v_value.
v_str = v_value1.
concatenate '('  v_str ')' into v_string.
endif.
in text node you can print this v_string.
OR ELSE
create a Alternate Node.
in general tab create condition like
filed < = 0.
In true place text node
place brackets before and after of variable
In false place a text node
as it is variable
Edited by: murali papana on Sep 15, 2008 12:46 AM