Re: DDS for AFP printer file

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm using POSITION(x,y) exclusively, and compiling with device type *AFPDS.

Here's some sample record formats in the printer file:

A          R DET001
A  59        *NONE                     'TAX ID'
A                                      POSITION(2.700 0.833)
A  59        HTAX          10A         POSITION(3.300 0.833)
A  78        CWVID         10A         POSITION(6.200 0.833)
A            HLDPR          3A         POSITION(7.000 0.833)
A            HLDN           7S 0       POSITION(7.310 0.833)

A          R DET017
A            *NONE                     POSITION(0.625 &POSY) '***'
A            HLDCMT        60A         POSITION(1.000 &POSY)
A            POSY           5S 3P

A          R ENDPAGE                   ENDPAGE

POSY is set to 1.0 (1") at the start of a check, and is incremented by 
0.167 for a new comment or stub detail line.



On 6/2/2020 12:20 PM, midrange wrote:
> Are you doing SPACEB  SPACEA or actual positioning on the page ?
> Is there a SKIPB to skip before starting to print?
> Can you show some code?
> And is compile type *SCS or *AFPDS   - use  *AFPDS
> Jim
>
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> This is my first foray into DDS for AFP. I'm modifying a check printing program to use AFP and so far I've gotten all the O-specs converted to DDS, and the program runs fine, writes the formats in the expected order, followed by a format with the ENDPAGE keyword.
>
> The problem is the results don't seem to have much relation to where I told it to put things.  The top line should have a vendor id and check#, but instead it has the first line of the check stub detail. And horizontal positioning is way off.
>
> I'm thinking something is wrong with the printer file definition, or the printer device it's being printed on.  The front margin is (0 0), the UOM is *INCH, no page or form definition.  The printer is some Xerox printer defined as *HP6 with Host Print Transform *YES.
>
> I'm probably missing something glaringly obvious, but I don't know enough about AFP, PSF, etc. to see it.
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