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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Gary Guthrie wrote: > The CPYSPLF solution would not be my recommendation. CPYSPLF will only > work for the plainest of spooled files. Because the CPYSPLF is roughly > the same technique I described using APIs, I'd suggest foregoing the > quick and dirty (not so robust) CPYSPLF method and just go with the APIs > technique. By the the API technique I assume you mean to create the spooled file with 'Page 1 of ###' and use the spool file APIs to change ### to the number of pages? I am unfamiliar with the spool file APIs, could you tell me which book to read that explains the APIs you refer to? > Regarding the "simple column in the magazine" suggestion - The concept > is simple, but the amount of code would be too large to publish in its > entirety. For what it's worth, I have code from my articles in "The RPG > Source" on the website for the newsletter that does all the API work. I > suppose I could write a short article describing the problem, describing > the solution, and providing the portion to do actual work - capture the > spooled file, update it with total pages, and re-spool it. The question > has been asked enough that perhaps that would be useful to the public. > > Votes for or against the article? Article would be nice. I will contribute (under LGPL) any code I write that solves this problem. My plan is this: 1. Create spool filewith 'Page n of ~~~' type heading (where n is the page number). 2. Write procedure that will replace '~~~' with the total number of pages. I think this is the easiest solution. That way I can easily put 'Page n of x' type headings on any report by adding one line of code to the program, something like eval err=pagenofx(spoolfile). Comments? Note to the 'ridiculous business request': 'Page n of x' headings are useful for legal reasons. Contracts (and invoices are often contracts) carry such a heading to prove that each party has the complete document. Besides, I am getting paid to do it - that is reason enough. James Rich james@dansfoods.com +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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