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The default of TOFILE(*FILE) should probably work. What is most likely to be an issue is the OUTQ() setting on the printer file [e.g. an Output Queue is named or another special value other than *DEV], or maybe the nuances of the S/36EE and spooling support; e.g. conflict with "// PRINTER" activity. I believe there is some more detailed information in the S/36E Programming manual and the S/36EE manual:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/sm26/c4147300.pdf
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c4147310.pdf

Note: Query/400 activity is not a true S/36 application, so it is almost unaffected by any nuances.

Regards, Chuck

Jerry Adams wrote:

I have a boatload of legacy RPG II programs that run via OCL in the
36 environment. I've used OVRPRTF commands in OCL before, but always
for things like Query/400 reports.

I've written a generate command and processing program that build the
appropriate OVRPRTF command. So far, though I've only used this in
CL's. I would like to use it in OCL, too, because, among other
things, it can automatically use a substitute printer, rather than
the normal one, when the printer has, well, gone south temporarily.

Anyway, while my command and program build and execute the OVRPRTF
command successfully, the OCL sends the report to printer defined in
the QPRTDEV system value; i.e., it is ignoring the print device in
the generated OVRPRTF command.

I am pretty sure that the reason for this problem is that I cannot
get the TOFILE( ) parameter right. I tried QSYSPRT, but that did not
help. The name of the program-described printer is REPORT, but I
can't use that. Does anyone know (or even be willing to hazard am
educated guess) what TOFILE( ) value would work for a
program-described RPG II printer file?


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