RE: Optio Cheque Printing

Colin,
 
Ok, I thought you had a time when you did a wrkobjlck and so it locked.  
Perhaps I misunderstood.
 
It's kind of hard to recreate what was in place so I am making some assumptions:
 
1.)  You are monitoring the OUTQ OPTIO - well at least whoever set this up 
before was.... :-)
2.)  The merge is based on job information (ie the monitor program is making 
the selection based on job name information)
3.)  I think the older libraries (FX300 or whatever) are actually left over 
from when the product was upgraded to the OPTIO DCS version 5.  So, I don't 
think they are involved or causing anything.
 
Again, these are assumptions.
 
Generally speaking the setup is easy (I hate to admit it but I'm trying to find 
our manuals/CD's - redesigning the data center has caused me more lost 
documents and cd's than I care to mention).
 
The heirarchy is as follows:
 
1.)  Create a group - in this case I'm assuming yours is US.  Or is one of them.
2.)  Tell which OUTQ you are monitoring.  
3.)  The command to find, merge, and send the checks to their target (MRGCHKSDM)
 
Items 1 and 2 are really just designed to make sure that you have a unique 
job/job name for each outq you want to monitor.  I would assume that part of 
this process (#2) would create the dtaq (and dtaara) and attach it to the outq 
you are monitoring.
 
Checking on items 1 and 2 (go fxmain, option 5 utilities, option 17 monitor 
output queues, then menu options 1 and 2) you should see a group called US and 
then a output queue of optio.
 
If you have these items and no dtaq then it seems like it was deleted.....or 
something similar.  So best I can suggest now is to check your config, confirm 
the existance of the dtaq, and the parm on the output queue  If the dtaq does 
not exist you could create it manually into optiofile and change the output 
queue if necessary.
 
That's the best I can suggest at this time.

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Sent: Wed 3/15/2006 9:53 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Optio Cheque Printing



Thanks Mike,

I get the error message when I Start Monitoring Output Queue.  I don't
even know if Start Monitoring Output Queue is the correct action to get
this working - does it need to be started in order for the formatting
process to work?

When I try the WRKOBJLCK OBJ(*LIBL/OPTIOUS) OBJTYPE(*DTAQ) I get the
following message:

                        Additional Message Information 
 
Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF0939       Severity . . . . . . . :   30 
Message type . . . . . :   Information 
Date sent  . . . . . . :   15/03/06      Time sent  . . . . . . : 11:06:45

 
Message . . . . :   Object OPTIOUS type *DTAQ was not found in library 
  OPTIOFILE. 
Recovery  . . . :   Correct the object name, the object type, or change
the
  library name (OBJ parameter).  Then try the request again. 

Any idea of anywhere else can I see what job information it is trying to
match?  Or do I have a missing object?

Does anyone have OptioDCS documentation they can send me so that I can
better understand the whole process?

Thanks
Col


----- Message from "Crump, Mike" <Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Tue, 14
Mar 2006 16:08:50 -0500 -----
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Subject:
RE: Optio Cheque Printing

Colin,

The mrgchksdm command takes a source file, merges it with a defined check
form, and sends it to a target queue.

The fx300 stuff is left over from the xpoint days so I'm not sure if that
is causing your problem or not.

The OPTIOUS should most likely be the DATAQ used by the monitoring
program.  If it is in use it should be by the job that has historically
been used as the monitoring job.  At least that is my guess.  When you get
the error message are you getting it when you attempt to run the merge in
a different manner?

If the monitoring program is in place it should grab anything that matches
the parms in the mrgchksdm command.  The parm merge type indicates that
you are doing a match on job information.  In our case we do it based on
form.  Different way of getting to the same spot.  If you are putting
something in the outq and not getting a result it would most likely be
that you are not getting a match on your job information.

If you do a wrkobjlck on the OPTIOUS DTAQ - that should point you to the
job - you can check the job log.  Granted it tends to put a lot of *&^%
out there but it can give you some further ideas.

Your check form also allows you to remap your data (move it, resize it,
change font, etc.).

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:56 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Fw: Optio Cheque Printing

Apologies to all for not putting the correct Subject line in the previous
email (see below) - bit of a D'oh on my part, if anyone didn't read it
because of the ambiguous nature of the Subject line, please give it a
second chance.


Moving, on I tried taking option 4. Start Monitoring Output Queue from the

Monitor Output Queues menu and I get the following message:

                         Additional Message Information

 Message ID . . . . . . :   CPA0701       Severity . . . . . . . :   99
 Message type . . . . . :   Inquiry
 Date sent  . . . . . . :   14/03/06      Time sent  . . . . . . :
16:29:00

 Message . . . . :   CPF9801 received by XPMN3BCL at *N. (C D I R)
 Cause . . . . . :   Control language (CL) program XPMN3BCL in library
OPTIO
   detected an error at statement number *N. Message text for CPF9801 is:

   Object OPTIOUS in library OPTIOFILE not found.
 Recovery  . . . :   This inquiry message can be avoided by changing the

   program. Monitor for the error (MONMSG command) and perform error
recovery
   within the program. To continue, choose a reply value.
 Possible choices for replying to message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :

   C -- Cancel the CL program.
   D -- Dump the CL program variables and cancel the CL program.
   I -- Ignore the failing command.
    R -- Try the failing command again.

 Type reply below, then press Enter.
 Reply  . . . .

Any ideas if this means that there is a missing formatting file (OPTIOUS)?

 It is a bit strange because when I do:

WRKOBJ OBJ(*ALL/OPTIOUS) the object is in the OPTIOFILE library, but it
says it is in use.

Thanks
Col


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Colin Swain/London/V2 Music
14/03/2006 15:32

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Thanks Mike,

I have sent Optio an email, let see how long they will take to get back to

me, I guess this documentation may be hard to come by.

CKMAIN is not in the OPTIO library, I find it in FX300.  Is this the older

(XPOINT) version?

I can get to FXMAIN, however the description in the top left corner
XMAIN2, not an issue I suppose.

I have taken a look at "Monitor Output Queues", going to 3. Work with
Commands to be Processed, I find that there is the following:

Unique ID and Description.

            Unique ID Type . . . . . FT
            Unique ID. . . . . . . . APCHECKS
            Output Queue . . . . . . OPTIO
             Library . . . . . . . . . *LIBL

            Description. . . . . . . MERGE US CHECKS



Command.

       MRGCHKSDM NAME(CV2US) MRGTYP(*JOB) FILE(£FILE)
JOB(£JNUM/£USER/£JOBN) SPL
NBR(9999) TOUTQ(V2UKPRT4) RPCNST(B)

This command doesn't make sense as there is no V2UKPRT4.  I tried to
change it to the printer in front of me (V2UKFIN1) and run a cheque
through.  I have been told by the AP girl in New York that she used to
change the output queue to OPTIO and the cheques would print.

This was the command I used:
CHGSPLFA FILE(S04572) JOB(784971/UKCXS30/QPADEV0026) OUTQ(OPTIO)

However, nothing happened.  I am just guessing that this should work.  Can

anyone point me in the direction of understanding what the above embedded
Command does?

The problem is that the output is in landscape when it should be portrait
and is way too small, I have tried fiddling around with the Printer File
Settings for S04572 with only minimal success (either increasing the text
size or changing the page rotation - not both).

Thanks
Col

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Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:11 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Optio Cheque Printing


Colin,

We use the CheckBook portion of the Optio software also.  In our case it
was part of the OptioDCS package that we originally picked up when it
was XPoint.  If you go to the web site it might be very hard to find
what you need (www.optiosoftware.com).  However, from there you can get
a tech support number and email (custcare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).  Based on
your location you might want to try the European location:

Optio Software UK Ltd.
Blythe Valley Park
Shirley - Solihull
West Midlands
B90 8AD
United Kingdom
tel:   +44 (0)121 506 9640
fax: +44 (0)121 506 9641
e-mail: info-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Directions

Generally speaking you should be able to access what you need via the
menu CKMAIN (that should be in the library OPTIO).  We monitor our
output queues which is accessible off of the FXMAIN menu and under
utilities (opt 5) and monitor output queues (opt 17).

Part of what I'd like to know is what do you mean by it's not
working....nothing happening, output incorrect, etc.

-----Original Message-----
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Colin.Swain@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:11 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Optio Cheque Printing

Hi all,

We appear to have Optio software running on our AS/400 that was
previously
formatting cheques from JDE.

However, there have been some office moves and either the software is no

longer working or the configuration is incorrect for the new printers.
I
have looked around on our system and found the Optio library, which was
created on 16/06/98, however I cannot find any documentation on how to
use
and configure the software.

The library description is Optio 5.0.1a Distribution Library-RISC.

Any help greatly appreciated

Col

================================
Colin Swain
Systems Accountant
V2 Music Group
131 Holland Park Avenue
London
W11 4UT
Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7471 3089
Fax:  +44 (0) 20 7471 3060

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