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That's a blast from the past. We used to do something similar - 30 years ago and more. O-Specs full of PCL escape sequences. We built forms galore that way.
At one point I used a PC-Based forms creation tool and redirected the print output to a file. Then, ran it through a conversion program that would output the O-Specs to embed in an RPG program. LaserJets and an IO-8200 twin-ax card in the printers expansion slot. Pretty sure we did this in the S/38 days too. I remember blowing up the compiler trying to do rounded corners on a form. That's a lot of dots!
Yeah, there a re a lot of better ways to do this. AFP makes it a piece of cake but, as you said, we're not in Juan's shop.
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
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I used to work at a company almost 30 years ago that wrote documents to *USERASCII with PCL code - excuse me if I say that this feels like a very old technique, better replaced with newer ways - but I am not in Juan's shop.
Regards
Vern
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