RE: Overlays on a Report

Instead of using pre-printed forms, we put it print it all together on a
laser printer, like what several of the purchased products do (except we
don't want to spend the extra money for just one or two reports). This
report will be printed from several locations, so we want to use an overlay
on the report. Being that I have only been in the RPG business for one year,
I haven't experienced anything like this before. I think I know how this is
done, but I wasn't positive. Thus why I asked. 

Basically my question was, when I create the printer file, do I lay it out
like I was going to be printing on pre-printed forms?

Mike Wills
IT Corporate Support
MNWills@taylorcorp.com


-----Original Message-----
From: MacWheel99@aol.com [mailto:MacWheel99@aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:46 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Overlays on a Report


Perhaps I am missing something.

Reports come from either RPG Output specifications, or there is a DDS that 
has laid out the report ... I am more comfortable with the RPG approach from

perspective of speed of making changes because of my S/36 background, but if

what I am to modify is in the DDS format then I can handle that also for 
modifications.

In either case, the RPG needs a PRTF file that came from DDS. That PRTF is
either a "program" in its own right, similar in complexity to a 
DSPF, or it is an empty husk created to be the RPG conduit to the printer.

In the CL that calls the RPG, there is often an OVRPRTF immediately before 
the RPG that overrides stuff like
What will this thing be called on the SPLF
Printer related rules like forms, copies, alignment

When you say "overlays" are you speaking of this or something else?

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)


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