RE: page n of x

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

John Hall,

I had created a test RPGIV to see how well John Carr's two-pass approach
would work.  I also had attempted to use an external indicator to suppress
printing on the first pass (I used QSYSPRT).  But as you said, it didn't
work in RPGIV (returned total pages of zero when indicator was off).

As far as overriding to NULL device, you can override to an OUTQ that is not
attached to a writer, and then delete the printout from the first pass.

I sure don't understand the benefit of using an API, just to get the total
pages to print.  It took me longer to write these posts, than it did to code
the test programs.  And the 2-pass solution _worked the first time_.  Can
you say that of the API approach?  Maybe I'm missing something.

jt

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of John Hall
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:48 AM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: page n of x


You can also use an external indicator on the printer file to suppress
output on the first pass.  This will not work in all situations.
Results will vary depending on RPG version and printer file type but if
you handle page breaks within the program you can call the program with
the external indicator off, return the total page count, then call the
program with the indicator on.  I think RPGIII will a program described
printer file will handle the overflow correctly regardless of the
external indicator but I couldn't get RPGIV with an external printer
file to update the INFDS with the external indicator off.

Another possibility might be to override the file to a NULL device -
anybody know how to do this ?

John Hall
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