RE: RLU (vs) handcoded prtf DDS

We use this also.  The only downfall we have found is the conversion
from O-Spec to Printer File only works on RPGIII, not RPG/IV. But then
again, they might have upgraded it.

Bradley V. Stone        
bvstone@taylorcorp.com
http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/
"This is not a reasonable place to park?"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alison Herman [SMTP:alison@gmdsolutions.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 8:48 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: RLU (vs) handcoded prtf DDS
> 
> We use Report Designer from Gumbo Software  www.gumbo.com .  The
> interface is
> more like SDA.  You can also convert Internal DDS to a PRTF or
> edit/update the
> internal DDS.
> 
> Buck Calabro wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday, June 11, 1998 9:09 PM, Tim Truax [SMTP:truax@usaor.net]
> > wrote:
> > > Well where I work now they have all their PRINTFILES (PRTF's)
> coded by
> > > the standard handcoded DDS entry method.  As far as I am concerned
> the
> > > RLU (Report Layout Utility) is an IBM award winner, I love this
> > > utility!!!  Well...something unforseen occurred and I wanted to
> submit
> > > the question to the list and see if you people know anything about
> it.
> > > I used RLU to call up and change interactively one of these
> handcoded
> > > PRTF DDS sources, well it did all sorts of ungodly things to this
> > > handcoded PRTF DDS source... Any ideas why this happened?  Also,
> is
> > > there a utility I can run a handcoded PRTF DDS member thru that
> will
> > > allow RLU to be used on it without obliterating it?
> >
> > Tim,
> >   THis happened because human programmers do more complex things
> than RLU
> > knows about, imvho.  I use RLU exactly once: when first setting up a
> PRTF,
> > after that, it's SEU.  Others may have a different opinion - I'm an
> old
> > geezer!
> >
> > Buck Calabro
> > Commsoft, Albany, NY
> > mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
> >
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