RE: external *PRTF

["Bale, Dan" <DBale@xxxxxxxx>]

Bruce, you make an excellent point for using external printer files.  In my
case, I've never had this requirement.

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bvining@vnet.ibm.com [SMTP:bvining@vnet.ibm.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:26 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      external *PRTF
> 
> Perhaps not important to everyone, but external printer files allow
> your program output to be personalized for the end user without having
> the "personalizer" have to get into your application source code and
> recompile with all the right options.
> 
> This personalization may be translating English column headings to
> some other language, logically moving columns around, change editing
> options to more accurately reflect the end users view of data, etc.
> 
> Having someone "play" with the DDS is generally safer than playing with
> the RPG source (though rules must still exist and be followed).
> 
> Bruce
> 
> >
> >External printer files - BLEAAHHH!  If it's used in only one program,
> which
> >is the case for 99.95% of all printer files I've ever come across, then
> keep
> >it in the RPG source!
> >
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