RE: Start Print Writer But Hold Output Queue as Default

Would hldoutq before strprtwtr work for them?

Instead of the order of starting then holding..

I have not tested this, not sure what happens -
even so, we are on V5R1 (could function differently
on other OS levels)

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Paul Tykodi
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:25 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Start Print Writer But Hold Output Queue as Default


Dear List,

I had a customer ask me the following question. They have an application
that they can't change (easily) which outputs all reports to a certain
output queue, with a physical printer attached to it, only when the writer
is started. Typically at the beginning of each day, they start the writer
for this printer and then immediately put the output queue on hold. They
then sort out the spool files that arrive in the queue to determine which
files should go to the physical printer and which ones should be moved to
other queues. Sometimes they don't get the queue put on hold fast enough and
they have a file print that should have been moved to a different queue.

They were wondering whether there was a method to start a print writer but
keep its associated queue on hold. I looked at the Start Print Writer
command and it doesn't seem to include such an option. Could this
requirement be supported with CL routine?

Thanks.

Best Regards,

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
National Product Manager
Intermate US, Inc.

p: 603.431.0606 x115
f: 603.436.6432
paul@intermate-us.com
www.intermate.com

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