Re: Question about overlay

hi Marvin,

If this is an externally defined print file, you can put a conditioning indicator on the OVERLAY keyword. The system will only print the overlay if the indicator is turned on.

There's an example in the Information Center:
http://tinyurl.com/dkjv4d

If you're doing this with a program-described print file (yuck) then you should be able to control the overlay with OVRPRTF. Use OVRPRTF FRONTOVL(*NONE) to disable it, or conversely, use CHGPRTF FRONTOVL(*NONE), then at run-time use OVRPRTF to assign an overlay if needed.

The program-described method require you to use the same overlay throughout the document. The externally defined method lets you turn the overlay on and off individually for every page.


Marvin Radding wrote:

I am programming a letter that goes out to customers and agents. The
print files uses an overlay to set up the logo and address of the
company. For the agents we need to supply an agent address page that
is blank except for the agent address. I have not been able to find
anything that talks about prevent an overlay from printing once you
have set the print file to use it. Does anyone know of a way to
print a page without using the overlay that was set to be used in an
override print file?

Thanks to one and all for all the help over the years. I have
learned from their answers to my questions as well as the answers to
others' question.