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  • Subject: RE: Report writer in AS/400
  • From: Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:19:06 -0400

Posting this question to the RPG list brings up an interesting idea - why
not let the users use RPG!  After all, RPG was originally written for
non-technical people...  Try auto-report, even!  (Chapter 12 in the RPG
user's guide)  Here's a quickie sample:

H        1                                                   
F* Sample Auto report program
F*                                                           
F* Create file DTAARA with this command:                     
F* DSPOBJD OBJ(*LIBL/*ALL) OBJTYPE(*DTAARA) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) 
F*         OUTFILE(QTEMP/DTAARA)                             
F*                                                           
F* LIMITATION: The precompiler only works with "I" specs, not
F*             externally described files.                   
F*                                                           
FDTAARA  IP  F     539            DISK                       
FQSYSPRT O   F     132     OF    LPRINTER                    
LQSYSPRT 066FL060OL                                          
IDTAARA  AA  01                                              
I                                       14  23 ODLBNML1      
I                                       24  33 ODOBNM        
I                                       34  41 ODOBTP        
I                                       42  51 ODOBAT        
I                                    P  53  580ODOBSZ        
I                                       59 108 ODOBTX        
OQSYSPRT H                *AUTO                              
O                                      'Data area list'      
O        D        01      *AUTO                              
O                 L1      ODLBNM       'Library'      
O                         ODOBNM       'Object'       
O                         ODOBTP       'Type'         
O                         ODOBAT       'Attr'         
O                         ODOBTX       'Text'         
O                         ODOBSZ A     'Size'         
O                                1     'Library total'
O                                R     'Final total'  

You can readily copy/paste the "I" specs from a compiler listing of a
program that externally defines this file.  To create this sample, I first
defined the file externally, compiled it interactively (it failed) then
opened up the spooled file, used the Windows Copy function to copy the "I"
specs I wanted.  I then changed the "F" spec to internal and used the
Windows Paste function to drop the "I" specs into the source.

Of course, if you'd rather buy rather than build, look at the web sites for
News/400 and Midrange Computing.  They carry advertisements and vendor link
pages:
http://www.news400.com
http://www.midrangecomputing.com

Buck Calabro
Billing Concepts Albany, NY

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Subhash Dubey 
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 6:24 AM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Report writer in AS/400
> 
> Hi,
> Is there any user based report writer in  AS/400.
> 
> > Regards
> 
> subhash dubey
> 
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