RE: dynamic printer file

You could define a file information data structure which for printer
files will tell you the number of lines on a page along with what line
you are currently on.  Calculate where you want overflow and then check
the current line before printing a detail line.

FPINTFILE   E                    PRINTER      KINFDS SRVFDS     UC
ISRVFDS      DS               
I*                            
I*           Number of rows on display screen or lines on a page 
I                                    B 152 1530LINES            
I*           Overflow line number (printer files only) 
I                                    B 188 1890OFLINE  
I*           Current line number within a printer page   
I                                    B 367 3680CURLIN    


Or you could make the printer file User open and issue a printer
override with the correct overflow line then open the print file.

Andy Renk

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christen, Duane J.
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:35 AM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: dynamic printer file [heur]

You program would calculate the number of detail lines that fit on the
page
and then as you write the detail lines you would count them. When the
counter reaches the detail line limit you would write you footer and
header
for the next page, reset the counter and continue printing detail lines.

Duane Christen


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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of derek gonsalves
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 4:46 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: dynamic printer file


Hi...

I have to create a printer file program. Can someone please tell me how
to 
code a Rpg program for the following issue..
In the Rpg program I have to decide the number of lines for the footer 
depending on the no of lines of text present in the pf i.e. the lines of
the

footer are read from a pf.
Hence the no of lines in the footer can change.

How do i handle this.??