Re: Free form for a printer and o specs

PRTF can print beautiful reports, but the manual DDS for printer files
has no new features since 7.2, output specs for printer have no free
version, Does that means they are being replaced?

Printer files with overlays are great for existing application Are they
a good option for new apps?

Is this FUD?
https://www.helpsystems.com/blog/3-step-guide-replacing-afp-utilities


On 7/25/19 12:20 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:

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

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?

As always - all answers gratefully accepted

Alan Shore
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