RE: RLU (vs) handcoded prtf DDS

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, June 11, 1998 9:09 PM, Tim Truax [SMTP:truax@usaor.net] 
wrote:
> Well where I work now they have all their PRINTFILES (PRTF's) coded by
> the standard handcoded DDS entry method.  As far as I am concerned the
> RLU (Report Layout Utility) is an IBM award winner, I love this
> utility!!!  Well...something unforseen occurred and I wanted to submit
> the question to the list and see if you people know anything about it.
> I used RLU to call up and change interactively one of these handcoded
> PRTF DDS sources, well it did all sorts of ungodly things to this
> handcoded PRTF DDS source... Any ideas why this happened?  Also, is
> there a utility I can run a handcoded PRTF DDS member thru that will
> allow RLU to be used on it without obliterating it?

Tim,
  THis happened because human programmers do more complex things than RLU 
knows about, imvho.  I use RLU exactly once: when first setting up a PRTF, 
after that, it's SEU.  Others may have a different opinion - I'm an old 
geezer!

Buck Calabro
Commsoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

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