Here's an example to create lines on at report heading using *PLACE:
O 22 '-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-='
O *PLACE 44
O *PLACE 66
O *PLACE 88
O *PLACE 110
O *PLACE 132
It results in -= repeated across the printed output
Hth,
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam West
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:06 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: *PLACE
Mike, sorry about that., I commented them out to get a compile. these 2
lines are followed by 2 consecutive places*
62N63 &
nbsp; &
nbsp;
21'-REPAIR-REPAIR-REPAIR'
65N63 &
nbsp; &
nbsp; 21'-NO PROOF OF
PURCHASE'
--- On Tue, 5/27/08, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: *PLACE
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 4:43 PM
It looks like both *PLACE's are commented out. Are they actually
printing?
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Adam West <adamster@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> So in this case here, there are 2 *places. For the first one, I
would change it to the "NO PROOF OF PURCHASE' and the second *place
would also be No proof of purchase?
>
> A 62N63 21'-REPAIR-REPAIR-REPAIR'
> A 65N63 21'-NO PROOF OF PURCHASE'
> A*N63 *PLACE 42
> A*N63 *PLACE 64
>
> --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re:
*PLACE > To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 4:10 PM > > *PLACE repeats the
print line up to that point, at that point. It was
> an easy way to make side-by-side copies of documents. A crash
printer
> can only print through 4 or 5 copies of a document, so if you
needed 8 > copies you would buy a four-part side-by-side form. Then
your output > specs could have *PLACE at the end of every line and it
would print the > right side copies exactly like the left side
copies.
>
> At least, thats the way this rusty brain remembers it, Adam.
>
> Adam West wrote:
>> HI This keyword is used in O-specs for printing - it must do
something.
> But for the PRTF it is not allowed. Can someone explain what it is
for or how > to use something else >> ?
>>
>>
>
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