Okay, so I'm still catching up...

(At least I was close about those HIDDEN fields!)

Don Harrington continued:
> Well, I know what's happening.  The 'HIDDEN' fields (I've since
> added NOENTRY, to no avail) are appearing in the middle of the
> screen.  What do I need to do to get a default value in those
> fields but not allow anything to be entered?

How about leaving those FIELD statement off the screen *entirely*?

Use ITEM statements after the FILE that those fields belong to and
give them INITIAL or FINAL values.

Thusly:

> FILE REPORT-MASTER &
>         PRIMARY & *W* Data name ACTIVE may conflict with the keyword
ACTIVE.
>         CLOSE
>   ITEM JOB     FINAL "impossible"
>   ITEM USER    FINAL "difficult"
>   ITEM ACCOUNT FINAL "overdue"
>   ITEM DEVICE  FINAL "incendiary"
>
> . . .

Tim (peddling quickly) Ericson.

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  butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
  balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take
  orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze
  a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal,
  fight efficiently, die gallantly.  Specialization is for insects."
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