Re: Printfile continuance

[Mark Lazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

>Question number 1:
>On the S36 you are able to force a print file to be continuous, say I
>had 3 rpg programs that all produce reports and all 3 programs are
>loaded within one OCL procedure or job, if I want all 3 rpg programs to
>only produce 1 spooled file instead of 3 seperate ones you would use
>CONTINUE-YES on the printer OCL statement for each of the 3 programs
>within the job/procedure.  
>How do you perform the same function on the AS400 using CL?

 Sure.  Use OVRPRTF *PRTF (or print file name, if they're all the same)
SHARE( *YES ).

>Question number 2:
>Very neat is the ability to do the DSPOBJD on a *PGM object and scroll
>forward to see the last time the *PGM was used/loaded.  Is there any way
>to make the same determination with the OCL procedures you run using the
>STRS36PRC command? I know the OCL procedures that you run under the
>AS400 S36 environment aren't objects in and of themselves.  
>But is this possible?

 I don't think so.  The only way I can think of is using some form of
logging and going through that.

 -mark

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