Re: Override printer file in RPG IV?

[Anton Gombkötö <Gombkoetoe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>... I am over riding to a printer file called TY2K/PRINTER.
>Is there a way I can do this in RPG IV so I don't have to wrap this in a CL?

Jim,

you can issue the OVRPRTF with a call to QCMDEXC from the RPG
and USROPN the printer file.

Maybe you have to care about the scope of the override (parameter OVRSCOPE).

(Have to admit that i haven't tested exactly this, but it works for 
physical files, so why shouldn't it for printer files.)

On the other hand, i'd dare to copy the PRINTER printer file to a AGINGRPT 
printer file. Maybe you sometimes want to change the overlay to a watermark 
"Attention. This report was created by a program so old, it started to 
smell already. Let me re-write it..."

:-)

0.02 Euro


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