RE: Viewing PCL Reports

Great, I had not thought to use WinSpool.  I'll try to get to this tomorrow.

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Doug Hart



midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello Doug,
> 
> It was mentioned that you can use the QPGETSP API to roll your own
> spool file retreival. This works, but can take some time to code.
> 
> There's really no other good way to extract raw *USERASCII spool file
> data from an output queue without resorting to a commercial product.
> 
> Swiftview is a nice viewer to use and can also tie into our
> WinSpool/400 Report Download software if you associate the .PCL
> extension with any files you download from an output queue.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> RJS Software Systems Inc.
> 
> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web Site: http://www.rjssoftware.com
> Tel: (952) 898-3038
> Fax: (952) 898-1781
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> message: 6
> date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:09:49 -0400
> from: "Doug Hart" <doughart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: Viewing PCL Reports
> 
> Thanks for the tip.  I had thought of a PC tool like Quick View Plus
> but the problem becomes more difficult.  A PCL file in an Outq cannot
> be displayed, copied, or sent.  I even tried using CA's iSeries
> Navigator to drag & drop it to my Windows desktop.  But get the same
> issues.  Since I can't export it, PC viewers are out.  The file type
> of *USERASCII (ASCII data stream) is the problem.
> 
> Again thanks for the idea.
> 
> ---
> Doug Hart
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