Re: Auto print Disclaimer

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is it possible to put a standard disclaimer on all reports that are
> print on an iSeries at V5R3?  We want all query output, RPG report
> output, or any other type of report generated to have a standard
> disclaimer.

One thought that jumps to mind is to define each printer with a User 
Defined Transform program. (The USRDTATFM parameter of the CRTDEVPRT or 
CHGDEVPRT commands.)

The program would work something like this:

a) It'd have to use APIs to interrogate the device settings. If the device 
is designed to use Host Print Transform, it'd have to call the Host Print 
Transform API to transform it.

b) You'll also need to do some interrogation to figure out the printer 
language that's in use.  (Whether the printer used HPT or not.)

c) Then you could insert whatever text you need (in the appropriate 
printer language) into the document as it's being written out.

Yes, this is a really complicated way of doing it.  But, it's the easiest 
way that I can think of to do it. All of the other solutions I can think 
of would allow each program to override the settings.

I suppose you could pre-print the legal notice on the paper, too :)