Re: Journal receiver problems

what about a logical over the work file that includes only the flds in the
journal outfile that your pgm uses?

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From: Ron@cpumms.com <Ron@cpumms.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:01 PM
Subject: Journal receiver problems


>
>It appears that IBM changes the output format of the DSPJRN command with
>every new release. We have a daily startup routine that displays the
>journal to a work file, calls a program that reads the work file and writes
>records to a permanent history file that the user can then interogate.
>Everything works great until the user upgrades their operating system. Then
>we have to delete the daily work file, recreate it, and re-compile the
>program that reads it. This isn't hard to do, its just a pain in the neck,
>especially since we have hundreds of customers on different releases.
>
>I can't help thinking that I'm missing something. There must be an easier
>way. I can't find anything in the DSPJRN command to control this and it
>will blow up if there is a file out there that doesnt match the format it
>wants to output. If I delete the file each time, the DSPJRN command would
>not blow up but the format of the file would change and the follow on RPG
>program would blow up.
>
>Is anybody else handling this better?
>
>Ron Hawkins
>
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