RE: Printer File Overflow...

Thank you to all who replied!!  I think this is what I was looking for
all along.  Some sort of confirmation that you can indeed print on the
overflow, but that it will generate an error if you don't have the
OFLIND keyword specified on the F spec.

Thanks again!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:11 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Printer File Overflow...

> The printer file has a page length of 66 and an overflow of 66.  When
I 
> run the report to generate the report, I get the dreaded "I/O error 
> CPF5004 was detected in file..." overflow error.

You need to define an overflow indicator with the OFLIND keyword on your

F-spec for the printer file.

Normally, the operating system automatically detects page overflow and 
reports it to the application so that application can do some special 
processing.  That's what the indicator is for... when you reach
overflow, 
this indicator is turned on.

If you don't put an OFLIND on your F-spec, then instead of setting an 
indicator, it sends an *ESCAPE message to your program -- which is what 
you're experiencing.