RE: Printer File Line Count

[Walden Leverich <walden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fetch overflow won't work for printer files, just o-specs, no?

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: Buck Calabro [mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net]
Sent: Monday, July 06, 1998 2:06 PM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Printer File Line Count


On Monday, July 06, 1998 12:37 PM, Joe Giusto [SMTP:JDG@patuxent.com] 
wrote:
> Is there any way to know what line number of a printed page i am on
> without keeping my own line counter?  i looked in the INFDS but unless
i
> am missing something, it is not there.  (pos 152 - 153 binary will
show
> the number of lines of the printer file but not the number of lines
used
> on the page.)  we have a need for dynamic overflow (summary lines for
an
> account can vary in number which is why i can not just set and check
for
> overflow).  Hate to set it to something like 50 and waste 16 lines of
> space if i don't have to.

Joe,
  Use columns B 367 368 for the current line number.  Dare I suggest the

use of fetch overflow? <g>

Buck Calabro
Commsoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

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