RE: Using OO concepts in RPG

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Booth Martin
>
> How, Joe?  How would I print a a report to a PC printer with RPG? I'd like
> a watermark, with the company logo in the upper left/  The time and date
> should be small printer.  Paging would be "Page n of nn"   I'd
> like to print landscape and use the whole page.

Other than page x of xx, which I don't know how to do in any programming
language until the number of pages is actually known (and which,
incidentally, I can write a utility to do in about 100 lines of code),
everything you've asked for can be done with XML/XSLT and FOP.  It generates
a PDF, which can then be printed on any printer.


> (by the way, none of this is personal Joe.  I just can't let some of the
> outrageous comments you make go unanswered.

Like what, Booth?  I believe that anybody, including Hans, who thinks RPG is
just a report generator should leave the compiler team.  That's my opinion,
and while you may find it outrageous, others may not.  What else did I say
that was outrageous?  Specifics, please!


> When anyone asks someone of
> Hans' status to step down for the good of the platform it makes my hackles
> rise.   Hans has done more for RPG on his lunch hours than any of the rest
> of us have done in our entire careers.  I'd be including you in
> the "any of the rest of us" group Joe.

If Hans (or anyone) believes RPG should be nothing more than a report
generator, then they should leave the compiler team, past contributions
notwithstanding.  My opinion, and it's unlikely to change, no matter how
much you guys tag team me.

Joe