fillCharacter

The fillCharacter property specifies a character to fill unused positions in a field. In addition, the property changes the effect of set field full, as described in "set."

The default values for this property depend on context, as follows:
  • For numeric fields, the default is blank.
  • For HEX fields (or character fields with the isHexDigit property set to YES, where appropriate) the default is 0.
  • For all character fields, the default is null (an empty string).

Compatibility

Table 1. Support for fillCharacter property
Data item VGUI record Console UI Text Form Java Text Form COBOL Print Form Java Print Form COBOL
Yes Yes No* Yes Yes Yes Yes

This property is only for output.

* You can obtain a similar effect in Console UI with the pattern property.