Re: How do you send HP PCL from COBOL to spool file

["Robert E. Burger" <rburger@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I did try the entire sequence as hex (both in ASCII 
and EBCDIC -- with both creating the same
result), the escape character only as hex, and the whole thing as a string.  I 
also saw something in RPG about sending
X'03xxyy...' where xx is the number of bytes to be sent (represented by yy...) 
and tried that.  It yielded different but
incorrect results.  I have never done anything with Workstation Customization 
Objects but I have seen some entries on TNT400
that make me think that might work.

Thanks again for the suggestion -- I'll be looking in that direction as well,

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: Finucci Domenico <finucci@Fiditalia.it>
To: <COBOL400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 2:52 AM
Subject: R: How do you send HP PCL from COBOL to spool file


> I'm not shure that it's the shortest way, but try to read "OS/400 Print APIs
> " manual,
> "Transform AFP to ASCII (QWPZTAFP) API".
> I suppose you coded escape sequence in hex form.
> Let me know.
> Best wishes for nye year.
>
> Domenico Finucci
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Robert E. Burger [mailto:rburger@home.net]
> Inviato: domenica 2 gennaio 2000 8.27
> A: COBOL400-L@midrange.com
> Oggetto: How do you send HP PCL from COBOL to spool file
>
>
> I am needing to embed a PCL escape sequence into a COBOL/400 report.  It
> seems that no matter what I do, the escape sequence prints out as a literal
> on the report.  Does anyone have sample code or a reference indicating how
> this can be done?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Robert E. Burger
> Information Systems Coordinator
> Tarrant County CSCD
> Fort Worth, Texas, USA
> =============================
> AS/400 9406-620 running OS/400 V4R4
> AS/400 9406-170 running OS/400 V4R4
>
>
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