RE: Printing last page first

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck,

You're right.  Doing this with normal *SCS spooled files is possible with
the CPYSPLF command, but other spooled files are a little harder.  Trust me,
I've looked into all the spooled file APIs to try and get my shareware to
work with non-*SCS spooled files, but I haven't found an easy way yet.  Time
is a factor, because I know its possible.  Just use one of the Spooled File
APIs to copy a spooled file to a user space, and then use DMPOBJ to look at
the data.  Whew!  Then, when you think you have it figured out, try it on an
entirely different spooled file...  even more crazy!  :)

So, this will work for *SCS, but it will take a little work, and if it's a
3000 page report, may take quite a bit of processing power.

Brad


Bradley V. Stone
Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst   
bvstone@taylorcorp.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buck Calabro [SMTP:mcalabro@commsoft.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 3:26 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: Printing last page first
> 
> Brad, you were my hope!
> We are floating an idea about writing the data to a PF containing the
> "page
> number" and the print data, "calculating" the page as we go, doing a
> descending index over the "page" and spinning through actually printing on
> paper.  Hassles: AFP barcodes, logos, boxes, shading, duplex printing (has
> to be an even number of logical pages to fit on the proper number of
> physical sheets) and variable drawers (front page is colour letterhead
> simplex, the rest are plain white duplex.  
> 
> Buck Calabro
> Billing Concepts Albany, NY
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Stone, Brad V (TC) 
> > Sent:       Tuesday, June 08, 1999 2:58 PM
> > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject:    RE: Printing last page first
> > 
> > I've heard this asked, but never heard of a solution that didn't require
> a
> > lot of rigamarole.
> > 
> > > We have a client who wants their bills printed in reverse order; that
> > is,
> > > page 10, then page 9, then 8 and so on.  Has anybody ever encountered
> > > this?
> > 
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