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  3. September 2001

RE: Shared Print File Question

>Basically, he wants two programs (or two modules within an ILE
>program, or
>a program an a procedure) to share the same print file. In
>other words, he
>wants PGMA to open the file and print some lines to it, then call (or
>callb, or callp) PGMB, which will add a few more lines and
>return to PGMA,
>which will then add a few more lines, etc. When they're all done, PGMA
>will close the file, and he'll have one report with output from both
>programs integrated on it.

Investigate SHARE(*YES).

Wrap the two programs in a single CL.
OVRPRTF printfile SHARE(*YES)
CALL rpgprogramone
  print heading
  CALL rpgprogramtwo
    print details
  loop

  --buck

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