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Sylvana
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how to use a printer file in a program cobol
COBOL, Printer File, AS/400 printing, iSeries Cobol programming
hi,

how to use a printer file in a program cobol.

i have the following:

(I wanna know if the write part is correct) 

MOVE M1DESC TO M1DESC-DSP.            MOVE M1DESC-DSP TO R1DESC-PRT.        MOVE PRINTER-LINE TO HIPR01R-RECORD.

 WRITE HIPR01R-RECORD FROM PRINTER-LINE.

Regards

Sylvana.



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os/400
ASKED: Nov 9 2009  5:50 PM GMT
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you may want to add this after the WRITE instruction

AFTER ADVANCING 1 LINE
Last Answered: Nov 9 2009  6:35 PM GMT by CharlieBrowne   7810 pts.
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TomLiotta   15435 pts.  |   Nov 10 2009  1:25AM GMT

It depends on the printer file. Without seeing the printer file definition of the print line identified as HIPR01R-RECORD, there’s no way to know. (AFTER ADVANCING 1 LINE would be the default behavior.)

How many record formats are defined? Is the printer file externally described?

Tom

 

TomLiotta   15435 pts.  |   Nov 27 2009  8:45AM GMT

BTW, if you have this line: 

MOVE PRINTER-LINE TO HIPR01R-RECORD.

…then this line: 

 WRITE HIPR01R-RECORD FROM PRINTER-LINE

…should only need to be: 

WRITE HIPR01R-RECORD

You don’t need the FROM if you’ve already done the MOVE. Also, if you do use the FROM, then you don’t need the MOVE. Use one or the other rather than using both.

Tom