RE: Using OO concepts in RPG

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Behalf Of Booth Martin
>
> I looked at the web page Joe.  Where is the RPG?  Did I miss
> something?

Yup.


> Or would it be program described?

Write to XML.  Convert to the output format of your choice.  Welcome to the
new world.


> How do I do the write opcode?

Call the Unix write APIs, or write to a PF.  Whatever your skill level can
handle.


> I also read your example.  I am unclear what that has to do with
> RPG, which is the whole point of the discussion wasn't it?

No, printing was the point of the discussion.  My point is RPG doesn't need
to print anymore, because we've grown to a new age of printing.  Now that
we're past the point of character-based band printers, it's time to get with
the new technology.  Rather than load conversion tables for every printer
onto the iSeries, dump a simple semantic XML file and convert it to the
graphic format of your choice.

This is the point of reusable code, Booth, and if you don't get it, then you
don't get it.


> In other words I guess what I am saying is that your solution is
> no solution
> for the iSeries or for RPG.  That's just a generic mark-up tool.
> It doesn't
> print to any inkjet printer on the planet so far as I can see.

You don't know how to print a postscript or PCL document to an inkjet?  You
can't print a PDF file?  I'm not an expert at printing, but I can manage
these things.

So, if the question is, can I make a PCL or PS file from RPG, then the
answer is YES.  You can dump out an XML file then invoke a Java program to
convert that file to PCL, PS or PDF.

Joe