Re: Problems with spool files

James,
You might try to place an OVRPRTF HOLD(*YES) in your CL program before printing
the report.
This way, the report will not be sent to the physical printer.

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From: James H. H. Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 12:28:16 PM
Subject: Problems with spool files

At this point, I don't know any more than what I'm saying here; I'm
waiting for a customer to answer some questions.

But here is the gist of the situation:

I'm creating a spool file using QPRINT, from O-specs in an RPG program.

I'm then emailing that spool file using Gumbo SpoolMail.

I'm then deleting the spool file.

All of this is automated with a CL program.

At some point in this process (I don't know where yet), a CPF3309 is
being thrown, and on at least one occasion, Gumbo Spoolmail is throwing
an exception of its own (SM11014, "Unable to e-mail
soandso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . . . . see the messages in the job log for a
more complete description of what caused the error . . . .").

None of this happened when the customer's database administrator tested
the program, BUT I noticed that her user profile doesn't have the
default printer set to an actual printer, while the shipping clerk's
user profile does.

I've asked whether there is new hardcopy coming out where it wasn't
coming out before. Could it be that the shipping clerk's printing
defaults are grabbing my spool file and printing it before it can be
emailed and deleted?

Do I need to change all this from printing to QPRINT, to printing to a
print file that's guaranteed to never be connected to a real printer?
And if so, how? (Around here, we only have one physical printer
connected to an AS/400, and if we want something printed, we have to
explicitly send it there from WRKSPLF, so I'm not exactly "up" on how to
keep spool files from being printed.)

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JHHL