Re: trimming trailing blanks in spooled output...

[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the iSeries 400 world, spooled reports are fixed format. Our spooled 
reporta are up to 198 print positions wide, normally we use 132 wide, in a 
few cases dictated by PC printer width.  If we don't populate a sideways 
space with characters, it is blank there.  Similarly vertically the length 
in lines is dictated by the software.  We use #s like 68 34 66, while 
industry standard is like 88.  If the software is not populating some lines 
of a report, then the remainder of the fixed dimensions are blanks.

> List,
>
> Is there a built-in mechanism on the iSeries that will automatically "trim"
> (or truncate) trailing blanks that are written to spooled reports? We are
> migrating some applications from the VSE/mainframe world. At one time, this
> was an issue that had to be addressed by its spooler. I was wondering if
> anyone could enlighten me on what the iSeries will can and will do in these
> cases. TIA
>
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> Regards,
>
> Michael Rosinger
> Systems Programmer / DBA
> Computer Credit, Inc.
> 640 West Fourth Street
> Winston-Salem, NC  27101
> 336-761-1524
> m rosinger at cciws dot com
>
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