unified purge of data -- RPG400-L

Hi all,
   can anyone please explain what is means by unified purge of data, my 
client has asked me to do so. any comments or details on this are welcome.

Thanks,
  Farozan

>From: Gary Guthrie <GaryGuthrie@home.com>
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>I guess I'm not understanding. I don't see why you have to pass the
>number of pages. See if I've got the scenario correct.
>
>You spool a 3 page report so that you have
>
>Page 1 of ~~~~
>.
>.
>.
>
>Page 2 of ~~~~
>.
>.
>.
>
>Page 3 of ~~~~
>
>
>You then use the utility to get the total number of pages - now,
>TotPages = 3
>
>You then have a program that scans for ~~~~ and replaces it with
>TotPages
>
>Here's some pseudocode...
>
>
>Do While NbrPagesReplaced < TotPages
>   Scan and replace
>   Add 1 to NbrPagesReplaced
>End Do
>
>After the third replacement, your loop ends. In other words, on page 3
>you replace and your counter is equal so you quit. You don't go past the
>total pages.
>
>Gary Guthrie
>REAL Solutions Technical Support
>NEWS/400 Technical Editor
>
>
>
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Gary Guthrie wrote:
> >
> > > Rather than worry about the size of the user space, why not increment 
>a
> > > counter each time you make a replacment (increment after the
> > > replacement) and compare the counter to the number of pages. When
> > > they're equal, you're finished.
> > >
> > > Will that be suitable?
>
>
>James David Rich wrote:
> >
> > I want to detect when I am at the end of the report without having to 
>pass
> > the number of pages.  But I guess I could use something like
> > GetSpoolFileAttributes() and find out how many pages there are.
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