Re: Question on Program to Print Labels "4 across..."

On Fri, 04 Dec 1998 15:39:49 -0500, Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET> wrote:

>What I need to do is print labels. Simple enough. I need to print them 4
>across.
>
>The program needs to read the file, put info on "Label 1", read again
>and put info on "Label 2", read again and put info on "Label 3", read
>again and put info on "Label 4". THEN writes Detail... Go to next 4,
>etc...
>
>I've tried counters, etc. and am either completely brain dead today or I
>don't know what but I can get NOTHING to work...
>
>Anyone have an example of this ?

I did this at my previous job, but don't have the code at hand, but this
should be close. This is unformatted code, but should make sense.

Let's see:

* assume printer dds (I've forgotten O specs)
* file contains name, address, city, state, zip fields
* user controls execution (not cycle code)
* assuming each label can have 30 chars across
* assuming you want to print 4 lines per label

f somefile if e k disk
f prtfile o e printer
d line1 s 30 dim(4)
d line2 s 30 dim(4)
d line3 s 30 dim(4)
d line4 s 30 dim(4)
d x s 1 0 inz(1)
c read file 99
c dow not *in99 [or %eof]
c eval line1(x) = name
c eval line2(x) = address
c eval line3(x) = city + state
c eval line4(x) = zip
c eval x = x + 1
c if x > 4
c exsr write1
c reset x
c endif
c read file 99
c enddo
c eval *inlr = *on
c write1 begsr
c movel line1(1) oline1
c movel line1(2) oline2
c movel line1(3) oline3
c movel line1(4) oline4
c write output
c movel line2(1) oline1
c * repeat for line3, line4
c write spacer
c endsr

dds stuff
a r output
a oline1 30 1
a oline2 30 32
a oline3 30 64
a oline4 30 86 spacea(1)
a r spacer
a 1 ' ' spacea(2)


HTH,
Loyd
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