RE: Overflow

Well, how would you decide to set on the OF indicator?  As I see it, you can
use the printer file INFDS to determine the current line number and the
overflow line number and then decide whether to seton OF or not.  Or maybe
you just need to override the overflow line number for this printer file.

Depending on the situation, breaking up a "set" of detail lines may be
unacceptable and you want to keep them together.  If that's the case, then
override the overflow line number to a line that ensures that the entire
group of detail will print before the end of the page.  If the number of
detail lines varies, then I'd recommend looking at the INFDS idea.

Since I don't use the RPG cycle, I never output at detail time.  Fetch
overflow is handy for exception output.  Again, depending on your situation,
fetch overflow may be the solution for detail time output as well.

HTH,
Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hector Sanchez [SMTP:hsanchez@driscollchildrens.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:29 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Overflow
> 
> I have an RPG Report that at times prints passed the perforation instead
> of printing the headings first.  This report has multiple detail lines.
> Would Setting the OF Output Indicators on resolve this problem?  Or do I
> need to Fetch Overflow when printing Detail Lines?
> 
> Hector Sanchez
> Driscoll Childrens Hospital
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