Re: Override printer file in RPG IV?

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I first started on the AS/400, I was looking at externally described 
reports.
But, the one time I needed to change a report someone else did and close to 6
hours to find the report to change (after changing the wrong file 3 times, he 
had
4 copies all over the library list, but the one that he was actually using 
wasn't even
in the library list) I decided it was too much of a pain.

Maybe starting fresh with a clean system it would be the way to go, but this 
system
has been so messy since day one.  Now it is only 1/3 messey as it was (this 
coming
from other consultants who used the system before I came and currently).

One day I'll go that route, but not today.

Regards,

Jim Langston

booth@martinvt.com wrote:

> Jim, it'll work out OK just the way you're going.  Once you're done you'll
> see.
>
> But why not go the extra step and externally describe the printer file?
> It'll allow you to highlight and underline easily.  Besides, from JP
> Carr's comments, it isn't long before we'll all wish we were externally
> describing all of our reports.  Give it some thought  -  it isn't that
> hard.
>
> _______________________
> Booth Martin
> Booth@MartinVT.com
> http://www.MartinVT.com
> _______________________
>
> Jim Langston <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
> Sent by: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com
> 07/10/2000 12:24 PM
> Please respond to RPG400-L
>
>
>         To:     "RPG400-L@midrange.com" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Override printer file in RPG IV?
>
> I have an aging report I am rewriting from RPG III to RPG IV.  One of the
> files I am opening is a program described printer file.  I call this file
> AGINGRPT
> so the file name makes sense when the users look in their spool files.
> But, we don't
> have an actual printer file called that, 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?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston

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