Re: Starting Line Number for a Splf

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

>Can you add more information or rephrase your question?  A print file
>doesn't really have a starting line characteristic.  Output should begin
>on the first printable line of a page, which would be line 1.

Although a PRTF does not have that characteristic, I believe an RPG program
using a program described prtf (eg QPRINT) and no F-spec overflow indicator will
cause implicit jumps to line 6 upon overflow.  So a program dumping data to a
printf but *not* using any overflow indicator or skip before/after entries can
automagically start on line 6 on pages beyond the first.

I don't know if this has anything to do with David's scenario, but it's one of
the implicit "features" RPG can do behind your back -- if my recollection is
correct.  If this is David' scenario, the implicit line number cannot be changed
(to my knowledge), and you must use an overflow indicator and skip before
entries to determine the starting line on the next page.  (Or use externally
described print files.)

Doug