RE: Multiple Reports in One Spooled File

Thanks for the reply, Patrick.  I'm unfamiliar with ILE other than some
vague notions of creating non-executable modules, perhaps binding them
together, and then creating an executable object.  This will give me a good
excuse to start learning about ILE.  Thanks again.

- Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Patrick L Archibald
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:50 AM
To: COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400
Subject: Re: [COBOL400-L] Multiple Reports in One Spooled File


Greg

If you don't mind ILE the following works:

  PGM

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('0')

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('1')

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('1')

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('1')

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('1')

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('1')

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('1')

             CALLPRC    PRC(MULTIOPEN) PARM('2')

             endpgm



       PROCESS APOST.

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

       PROGRAM-ID. MULTIOPEN.

       AUTHOR. PLA.

       DATE-WRITTEN. 03/18/2005.

      *

      *  Test.

      *

       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.

       CONFIGURATION SECTION.

       SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-AS400.

       OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-AS400.

       SPECIAL-NAMES. I-O-FEEDBACK IS PRINTER-FEEDBACK.

       INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.

       FILE-CONTROL.



           SELECT OPF-PRINT

                  ASSIGN FORMATFILE-MULTIOPEN-SI

                  FILE STATUS WS-FILE-STATUS.


       DATA DIVISION.

       FILE SECTION.


       FD  OPF-PRINT.

       01  OPR-PRINT.

           COPY DDS-ALL-FORMAT OF MULTIOPEN.


       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

       01  WS-FILE-STATUS                PIC X(02).


       01  WS-FIRST-TIME-INDIC           PIC S9(01) VALUE 1.

       01  WS-FEEDBACK.

           05  FILLER                    PIC X(144).

           05  WS-CURRENT-PRINT-LINE     PIC S9(02) COMP-4.


       01  INDIC-AREA.

           05  IN01  INDIC 01            PIC 1.


       LINKAGE SECTION.

       01  LS-FIRST-TIME-INDIC           PIC S9(1).

           88 FIRST-TIME                 VALUE 0.

           88 NOT-FIRST-TIME             VALUE 1.

           88 LAST-TIME                  VALUE 2.


       PROCEDURE DIVISION USING LS-FIRST-TIME-INDIC.

       OPENING-PARAGRAPH.

           IF FIRST-TIME

               OPEN OUTPUT OPF-PRINT

           END-IF.

           WRITE OPR-PRINT

                 FORMAT 'HEADER1'

                 INDIC INDIC-AREA

           END-WRITE.

           IF LAST-TIME

               CLOSE OPF-PRINT

           END-IF.

           GOBACK.

Thanx, PLA




Greg Phillips wrote:

>I've seen this problem discussed, but not by anyone who actually solved it
>in a CL that calls COBOL/400 programs.  I have a CLP that CALLs a COBOL/400
>program multiple times in a loop.  The loop basically consists of an
>OVRPRTF, a CALL to the COBOL program, and a DLTOVR.  Each iteration creates
>a separate spooled file.
>
>I'd like the report output from each iteration to go into a *single*
spooled
>file.  I've moved the OVRPRTF outside of the loop to before the loop gets
>executed, used SHARE(*YES) and then did my iterations.  I still received
>separate spooled files.
>
>I also tried OPNSCOPE(*JOB) by itself and with OVRSCOPE(*JOB) with no
>success.  I changed the COBOL program to either OPEN or CLOSE or do neither
>with the printer file.  All I discovered for my trouble was that you need
to
>explicitly OPEN the printer file in the program in order to use it.  That
>makes sense.
>
>So if anyone has actually used CL and COBOL/400 to direct printed output
>from multiple CALLs of a COBOL program into a single spooled file, please
>tell me how you did it!  Thanks!
>
>- Greg Phillips
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