RE: [EXTERNAL] Fields not printing

Hi Jeff
What positions on the print line are these 2 fields/
What is the width of the print file:-
In the program
In the actual print file

I had something similar - but it turned out that the actual print file was 132 characters wide - but the position of the fields were something like 145 and more
The OVRPRTF was NOT correct
The file name was misspelt - so it was ignoring the OVRPRTF

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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:30 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fields not printing

I'm about to tear my hair out.

There are 2 fields not printing on an output line. First a bit of background.

Warehouse employees scan a barcode and enter a quantity. This gets captured to a raw scans file. The quantity will be something like "5.2"
meaning 5 cases and 2 units. In my program, I parse this into 2 packed
fields:

ITMCS = 5
ITMUN = 2

I print a report, the detail line has both the above fields along with others. But these 2 fields do not print. Edit code is J meaning zero balances print.

First I thought I was overlaying with other fields, but I'm not. This is how far I went:

- I removed every field from the output line except these 2
- entered debug and stepped through
- the following are consecutive statements in the program

// Print it
Exsr OverFlow;
EXCEPT ITMPRT;

// Print any errors
Exsr EditRtn;

// Output
WRITE PICNTREC;

- I viewed both fields before each of the statements, stepping one by one
- even the statements in EditRtn
- both fields have the correct value at all times
- the printed line, ITMPRT, has nothing
- the file with record format PICNTREC has these 2 fields and they are correct in the file

I cannot figure out why they would be blank on the printout. No indicator used to condition that output. Other than compiler bug or something so stupid that I cannot see it.

What am I missing and thanks.