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Are you calling the CL program from the same RPG that creates the spool
file?

If so, you have to take activation group and/or call-level into account,
since the CL program runs at a later call level, call-level overrides
will be a problem.   If the CL does not use the same activation group,
then that will be a problem.   I generally use QCMDEXC for this type of
thing because I don't like dealing with the actgrp/call-level problem.
To me, QCMDEXC is a LOT easier than calling a separate CL program.

Also, you have to make sure that you do the override BEFORE opening the
spool file.   Therefore, if the override isn't in place before the RPG
program starts up, you'll have to use a USROPN printer file, and the OPEN
op-code, to control when the spool file gets opened.   Overrides only
affect things at the time that the program opens.

My system doesn't have a CHGSPLF command.   You must mean CHGSPLFA?
That method should also work, as long as you manage to do it before
the file is sent to the writer.  Personally, I prefer the OVRPRTF
approach.


On Wed, 15 May 2002, Wills, Mike N. (TC) wrote:
>
> Oh... one additional thing. I am doing this by calling a CL program with a
> parm.
>
> What we need to do is dynamically assign an overlay based upon criteria in a
> file I read in my RPG program. I create different spool file for every
> header record read in and each spool file can have a different overlay. I
> have tried to do a 'OVRPRTF *PRTF' before every time I open a new spool file
> and tried to do a CHGSPLF after every time I close the spoolfile (which
> causes a MSGW), neither worked. What can I do to accomplish this?



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