Re: Print reports > 132 chr -- BPCS-L

There has been some previous discussion of relevance in BPCS_L

Search for "Truncated Report" such as
http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l/200011/msg00053.html
http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l/200011/msg00031.html
http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l/200011/msg00032.html
If you get to one post, follow the threads on bottom to rest of discussion.

You might also find something of relevance in the archives of MIDRANGE_L
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200008/msg00322.html
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200106/msg01410.html

We are on 405CD and do not have this max report width constraint.
We print many reports with widths of
198 (15 to inch on 132 paper)
132 (standard green bar)
80 (standard 8 1/2 x 11 PC paper)

Can't you change SYS041D? Where is SYS041D referenced? If you can figure out where it is referenced, it may be practical to do a selective modification of that access.

In BPCS405CD the BPCSMENU is what launches when people signed onto BPCS and we modified that (be VERY careful when doing this ... mess up that CL and now no one can get onto BPCS)

The 400 software (query definition, PRTF file, RPG, CL etc). specify width ... users not have to go to command line to run the stuff ... we have a menu option that gets them to RUNQRY of the query of their choice, and one of our queries accesses an *OUTFILE directory of our queries.

, you wrote:

Hi,

We are running  BPCS ver 6.02 on 820 machine, The max report width setup in
'system control data area'  (SYS041D) is 132 chrs

We have developed many in-house queries where the report width exceeds 132
columns. All queries are run from CL programs.

When these queries are run from the menu, the report width setup in SYS041D
overrides the report width of these queries and the output gets truncated
to 132 character.

When the CL(query) program is executed from command line the report width
in SYS041D  is ignored and we are able to produce reports greater than 132
columns.

By giving the user access to command line we give rise to an security
breach, by granting the user rights to run any program from command line
like (ACR100D1,INV100 et etc).

How can we print reports > 132 chrs from the menu without having to
compromise on the width of these reports and access to command line.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem ?.

Rgds

Vincent D'souza
Jotun UAE LTD LLC
P.O. Box 3671
Dubai, UAE
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