Re: Free form for a printer and o specs

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alan

SImple or not, I strongly concur with the suggestions to use a PRTF - 
would you ever write display code the way it was done on the 36? And 
probably still can be on the IBM i?

PRTFs are also very easy, and there is a nice designer in RDi. There are 
tutorials for RDi at http://ibm.biz/rdi_labs - Lab 09 deals with Report 
Designer.

If you're using PDM, there is always RLU, which can do well enough.

Good luck!
Vern

On 7/25/2019 8:23 AM, Alan Shore via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
> Thanks Rob
> Its just a small report - nothing fancy
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> Use of O specs, even in fixed form, have a very limited use when using anything other than the most basic of reporting.  For a "quick and dirty" they may be acceptable.  But look at creating a printer file with DDS.  Then in RPG you write to that instead of using O specs, etc.
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> You can't do O-specs (or I-specs) in **FREE.  You should probably use an externally-described print file.  Alternatively, you can use an /INCLUDE compiler directive to put the fixed-format O-specs in a different source member.
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> Subject: Free form for a printer and o specs
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> Hi everyone
> We are on V7r3
> Its been a while since I wrote a new program that produces a spool file
>
> With free-form, you declare a printer like
>
> dcl-f SLSRPT0055 Printer OflInd(pageFull);
>
> However - did anything replace the o-specs?
>
> Ive done a google search and haven't really found anything - but then - could THAT be due to what I am searching for?
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> As always - all answers gratefully accepted
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