RE: Create a stream file in RPG?

>From the wonderful AS/400 Information Center that you can't scan or search:

I.F.S. Introduction

APIs

The APIs that perform operations on integrated file system directories and
stream files are in the form of C language functions. You have a choice of
two sets of functions, either of which you can use in programs that are
created using Integrated Language Environment (ILE) C/400: 

   * Integrated file system C functions that are included in OS/400. 
   * C functions provided by the ILE C/400 licensed program. 

So I took that to mean that I couldn't use them in RPG-IV.  

Yes? No?  Do you have any examples?  I think I need to use QHFWRTSF, as well
as the APIs to open & close the stream file.  Or should I first pursue
writing to a flatfile, then using CPYTOSTMF?

Oh, and if by chance I _can_ use the IFS stream file APIs, where the @#$%
can I find the documentation for them?

- Dan Bale

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bipes [mailto:rpg@cross-check.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 1:46 PM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Create a stream file in RPG?


Check out the IFS APIs.  This is where you will find all your stream file
handling.

Christopher K. Bipes     mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst   mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
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Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000


-----Original Message-----
From: Bale, Dan [mailto:DBale@TFSA.Textron.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:33 AM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: Create a stream file in RPG?


I am trying to determine how to output to a stream file in RPG IV.
Essentially, I am trying to create an .RTF document file on the 400, so that
I can open it in Wordpad, or even MS Word.  

I am trying to do a homegrown green-screen documentation utility so that I
can include 5250 screen prints with all the highlighting & underscores in a
Word document.  Since Word understands RTF, and RTF is relatively simple to
build and can handle the bold and underlining attributes, I figured the
programming would be pretty easy.  But it seems that I need to output to a
stream file.

I searched for "stream file" and did not find any reference in the ILE-RPG
manuals.  Will I just have to output to a regular flatfile with, say, a
record length of 500, output one record per print line and use CPYTOSTMF?  

Answer to the inevitable question:  Because I am a travelling contractor and
this is doable.
The inevitable question:  Why not just buy a package to do this?

TIA,
- Dan Bale
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