# display **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\ **Created:** [May 4, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/display/60923 "2006-05-04T16:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@suam](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/suam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/display/60923/1 "2006-05-04T16:25:15Z")
could anyone help me in displaying a PACKED format VIEW-CODE-ID variable in NATURAL program. My variable VIEW-CODE-ID is defined like this in the file. 1 1 VIEW-CODE-ID A 6.0 D ZA N Field is defined as unique 2 RE 1 VIEW-CODE-ID 3 2 VIEW-CODE A 1.0 4 2 PRODUCT-CODE P 9.0 I tried to display VIEW-CODE-ID directly, i am getting the display as Ekn?9 Pkn?9 … … Please help in this regard. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/display/60923/2 "2006-05-04T16:54:04Z")
This is what you have to expect when DISPLAYing an Alpha field which is redefined and contains binary data :!: The only way to get a meaningful display in that case is ```auto DISPLAY VIEW-CODE-ID (EM=H(6)) ``` ---
**Author:** ![suam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@suam](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/suam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/display/60923/3 "2006-05-04T18:50:47Z")
Thank you very much, it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/display/60923/4 "2006-05-04T18:55:32Z")
> [@Wolfgang Winter](#): > > The only way to get a meaningful display in that case is > > ```auto > DISPLAY VIEW-CODE-ID (EM=H(6)) > ``` or ```auto DISPLAY PRODUCT-CODE ``` 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/display/60923/5 "2021-04-02T14:40:37Z")