Re: Spooled File Overlays

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ahhh...  I see.   I will check this out.  Thanks!

Brad

On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:42:43 -0500
 "Leland, David" <dleland@Harter.com> wrote:
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> I think this has something to do with the type of spool
> file.  I believe you
> can specify a different overlay for *SCS spool files but
> can't for *AFPDS.
> Seems like I recall reading that *AFPDS embeds the
> overlay as part of the
> data stream.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Stone [mailto:brad@bvstools.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 1:28 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Spooled File Overlays
>
>
> I have a question about overlays.
>
> Let's say I have a spooled file that specifies
> MYLIB/OVERLAY1 as the overlay.
>
> Now, I use the QSPGETSP and QSPPUTSP APIs to create a
> duplicate of this spooled file.  On the create spooled
> file
> API, I specify a new overlay, say MYLIB/OVERLAY2.
>
> When I go and print this new spooled file, the old
> overlay
> is used.  But, the spooled file attributes do say that
> the
> new overlay (OVERYLAY2) should be used.
>
> Does anyone know why this happens?  Is it similar to the
> Print Text attribute that we specified earlier that is
> "part" of the data stream and cannot be changed by simply
> specifying a new value on the create spooled file API?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brad
> www.bvstools.com
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Bradley V. Stone
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