Re: Printer file positioning

On 11/02/2009, at 9:10 AM, John McKee wrote:

Program has two WRITEs in it, one for each record in the printer file.
Seems to
work great. But why does it work properly?

Can't really determine that without seeing the DDS for the printer file.

I get a single page from the printer, which is exactly what I want.
Why didn't two WRITEs produce two pages?

Probably because the second record format did not specify skipping to a new page. It printed on the current page at the current print location

I am not using anything on either record to defer writing.

Doesn't matter. Actual print location depends on what is specified in the DDS for the record format being written.

Which brings up the alternate question: If two forms are printed, what would
put them on separate pages?

Page control (i.e., skipping) specified in the DDS for the record format.

Is there some timing issue here?

Nope.

I'll bet this goes back to some fundamental DDS concept. But, the reason I
thought I had to put the BOX keyword on the same record format was to prevent
multiple pages being printed.

Nope. Multiple pages only occur when the print position is skipped to a new page (or when you print off the end of the current page but that usually indicates a coding defect).

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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