RE: Convert PF to a Print File?

RLU??? Does that stand for Really Lame Utility???


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


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RLU. Bet you eat nails for breakfast, too!


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Mike Berman wrote:

true, but for something basic, the headings could be the file name,

standard spacing similar to Query. I will just use the RLU it will do.

Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Oh...well, you could take

the PF DDS, copy the member to a new name

and change the type to PRTF, and then thrash around in SEU. You might
want to use Code Designer in WDSC. But I don't know of a utility that
would convert PF DDS to PRTF DDS - how would it know about detail
lines and headings and spacing and such?

On 6/1/07, Mike Berman wrote:

IOW, you have a PF and its DDS. I want to use this as a basis to

create a Printer file PRTF.

Michael Ryan wrote: Sorry...I don't know what you mean.

On 6/1/07, Mike Berman wrote:

I guess something like the RPG ILE convertion from the older RPG.

Now you are a Printer file type of thing.

Michael Ryan wrote: Do you want to print the contents of the

physical file? I would use

Query/400 or Interactive SQL or an RPG program. You can also use

CPYF

TOFILE(*PRINT) though it's ugly.

Or do you have printer file DDS specs in a physical file that you

want

in a source member? You could use CPYF FMTOPT(*CVTSRC).

Or do you want to do something else?

On 6/1/07, Mike Berman wrote:

Hi - Is there an easy way to convert a Physical file
on Iseries, into A Printer file?
Thank you,
Mike