Re: How to increase the width of pagesize

Aha - got it! Thanks Vern. So the steps are:

- In the REPORT CONTROLS (top left) click on DESIGN REPORTS button
- Click on the REPORT tab
- To the right are the PAGE SIZE controls, (defaults to 66/132) - change as you wish
- Define a new Absolute or Relative Record format as normal
- In the REPORT CONTROLS, click on the RECORDS tab
- Define a NEW Report and ADD the new format to the Report
- By magic, the Design panel adopts the width defined above

Not intuitive, but it works. I withdraw all false accusations of shortcomings and bugs!

Josée: You're back in business! (Don't forget to change the PAGESIZE options on CRTPRTF as well.)

Brian.

On 02/08/2023 23:17, VERNON HAMBERG Owner via WDSCI-L wrote:

You can see the wider pages when you work with "reports" in Rdi - there you specify the width and add the formats you want on the report. I see a scrollbar on the design area that goes all the way to the width, you can drag fields around, all that - I don't know if the tutorial in RDi covers it, but it is there.


Individual formats, when you are working with those, do seem limited to 132, but I didn't try going back once I'd moved a 78-character field to position 116.


Regards
Vern


On Wed, 2 Aug, 2023 at 3:19 PM, Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

To: rational developer for ibm i

I think you may have detected a shortcoming (bug?) in the Report
Designer tool within RDi.

I understand your issue - I can reproduce it myself. The Report Designer
allows you to specify a page width > 132, but the Design panel does not
allow you to scroll sideways beyond column 132.

Unless Steve Ferrell or others can enlighten us further, I think this is
a "feature" (limitation). Sadly I doubt it will get much attention, (it
must have always been thus). Using DDS to build reports - especially
wide ones - may be regarded as a minority activity these days.

I also found the following discussion from 2020, (it appears nothing has
changed):
https://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l/202006/msg00041.html

Your only option would appear to be doing things the old-fashioned way.
Click on the Source tab and edit the DDS code for those items exceeding
the 132 limitation.

Brian.

On 02/08/2023 15:00, Josée Labonté via WDSCI-L wrote:

I guess, I was not clear.  The problem is when I edit the print file in Remote system explorer.   I can’t view past column 132 in the design record even though the source has further columns, like column 180.  There is a way to show the column to the right, I just can’t remember.

Jo
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Pagesize of what? As seen how?

What PRTF did you recompile?

Charles

On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 7:13 AM Josée Labonté via WDSCI-L <
wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><mailto:wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:

I can't figure out how to increase the width of the pagesize. It stays at
132. I compiled the print file with a bigger width, that did not work.

Thank you,

Josée

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