how to use a printer file in a program cobol
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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   6350 pts.
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TomLiotta   7320 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

 
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