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ADOPT Authority

Hi I have a CL program in which there is command on which I do not have authority to execute. So I am not able to compile the program. Is there any way some one else, who has the authoruty on that command compile it and then I can execute the program? I have heard about something about ADOPT...

View Answer   |  Apr 10 2006  6:22 AM GMT
AS/400, Application development, CLP
asked by pgsdeb

  5 pts.

Copy a spool file

I have a job that generates print files through out the day. The job name, user name and user area are always the same. The job number changes each day. I need to copy the spool file to a physical file so I can pass it to a label printing program, this has to happen all day long. I do not have...

View Answer   |  Apr 5 2006  9:43 AM GMT
Application development
asked by johnd01

  30 pts.

How do I send a spool file as an attachement using the SNDDST command?

Does anyone know how i can send a spool file as an attachment using the SNDDST command?

View Answer   |  Apr 4 2006  4:35 PM GMT
AS/400, RPG, Application development
asked by slaliberte

  5 pts.

Converting spyview optical reports to pc .pdf

I am trying to convert my as400 reports that are currently stored on optical using the product spyview (Gauss Company) to a .pdf report on my pc/server. I currently do not have support with Gauss any more so I can not call them. I need to restore all of my history from the last 6 years and put it...

asked by Karen0502

  0 pts.

Record Locking

From a cobol program I an reading a random access file and occasionally try to read a locked record. What can I do to speed up the read so I can just present a popup screen that tells the user he is trying to access a locked record. Right now it takes 60 secs to time out from the read attempt...

View Answer   |  Mar 31 2006  2:14 PM GMT
AS/400, Application development, Development
asked by pbrown0108

  0 pts.

Passing variables in SQL

I am writting a CL program that will create and update a table. I am using the command 'runsqlstm'. I am able to build the table but when I try to populate it I am having a problem. I am using the following statement 'insert into qtemp/rrtemp values (&rec). SQL will not process a CL variable. It...

View Answer   |  Mar 30 2006  11:08 AM GMT
Application development, DB2 Universal Database
asked by RREXPST

  0 pts.

QBNLPGMI api examples

Hello! Can anyone please help me? I didn't work with api's, and try to get information about bounded modules in ILE C programs. And I try to use QBNLPGMI api. Does anyone have some examples of using this api in C or CL programs? Thanks in advance. Dalibor

View Answer   |  Mar 29 2006  11:16 AM GMT
AS/400, Printing, Application development
asked by Dalibor

  5 pts.

Overlay creation from a color image using an AFP driver

We want to send PDF files from our iSeries using a color overlay. We have installed Infoprint Server (evaluation version) for the PDF conversion. We are trying to use an AFP Printer Driver to create an AFP file that we upload to the iSeries to create an overlay. Our problem is that the quality of...

View Answer   |  Mar 27 2006  9:19 AM GMT
AS/400, Printing, Application development
asked by CATPGMR

  0 pts.

Working with the CHKDLO command

Betty wrote in with this question recently: "I am using the CHKDLO command, and then doing a MONMSG. Is there any way to capture the different messages (since there are five possibilities)? I?d like to be able to send the user a friendly message that would reflect the actual message that I get." ...

View Answer   |  Mar 26 2006  5:50 PM GMT
Application development
asked by DebraTart

  0 pts.

Transfer / Copy OS/2 files with Extended data attributes to iSeries

We have 1,000's of files that were originally created in OS/2. These files were created (OCR) from an image file so we could do text searches on them. OS/2 created these files with Extended Data attributes. We now need to copy these OS/2 files from an XP workstation to an iSeries networked drive....

View Answer   |  Mar 22 2006  4:39 PM GMT
AS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Application development
asked by CasNowak

  0 pts.

System Setting For Created Libraries

Hi Everyone. An odd question, when we create new libraries on the 400 they are automatically flagged in the SETUPBCKUP screens for Daily/Weekly and Monthly backup. Where can I change this attribute for new libraries created on the system? Thanks, Rayden.

View Answer   |  Mar 22 2006  2:29 PM GMT
AS/400, RPG, Application development
asked by RaydenR

  0 pts.

using QDBRTVFD to find SQL view create statement

Hello all. Just wanted to know if anyone out there knows how to use QDBRTVFD to retrieve the SQL view create statement. For our update process, I am scanning the customer's libraries to find buisiness views. When I find them, I want to extract the SQL view create statement (like in DSPFD) and...

View Answer   |  Mar 21 2006  12:20 AM GMT
Tech support, AS/400, DB2
asked by jley618

  0 pts.

Mainframe to SAP

Hi, I'm a cobol programmer working on Mainframes with a work exp. of 2 yrs. I've worked in technologies like JCL, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB/DC, IDMS, FOCUS etc. I have an opportunity to get into SAP technical(ABAP/4) as a programmer in my organisation. Looking at the future prospects of the...

View Answer   |  Mar 19 2006  6:40 AM GMT
Windows, AS/400, SAP
asked by ABAPer92

  0 pts.

Check FTP

Hi, We have a situation where the external Vendor wants us to test if a site is live and then transmit data. This needs to be done via FTP. We cannot use PING. Is there some sort of Check FTP connection command that is available so we can issue the command, check the return code and based on...

View Answer   |  Mar 17 2006  1:25 PM GMT
Security, Application development
asked by srajag

  0 pts.

Activation Groups

I am changing some CL programs and COBOL/400 programs to ILE and ran into problems with OPNQRYF. I think it is due to the fact that the default activation groups when compiling these 2 different types of programs are different, so the results of OPNQRYF are not available to COBOL program. Can I...

View Answer   |  Mar 16 2006  10:37 AM GMT
AS/400, Application development, CLP
asked by kjjlori

  0 pts.

SNDDST sending to some but not other email addresses

I am using the SNDDST command to to send an attachment of size 500 kb to a user in a particular domain say daydreamer@media.com I also ensure that an additional recipient is included and this recipient would be a private email address eg ihdcsl.hotmail.com I am receiving the email to the personal...

View Answer   |  Mar 15 2006  7:13 AM GMT
AS/400, Application development, CLP
asked by IHDCSL

  0 pts.

QTXTSRC wrap commands

I am trying to enter in a command for FTPing that will execute a command on a remote system but I get cutoff at 80 characters. How do you wrap to the next line ? here is my command that is missing the last ')': quote RCMD RSTOBJ OBJ(*ALL) SAVLIB(R36MODSDTA) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(DISASTER/DISASTER Thanks,...

View Answer   |  Mar 9 2006  10:16 AM GMT
Career development, Application development, Development
asked by andyrads

  0 pts.

Robot - Change object security of fle REPPF in RBTREPLIB library

I am planning to read file REPPF from RBTREPLIB library from a program. The security of this object is setup as the following: User Object Authority *PUBLIC *EXCLUDE RBTUSER *ALL Because the way the security is setup, the program only will work...

View Answer   |  Mar 8 2006  2:27 PM GMT
Tech support, AS/400, Security
asked by MayraPR

  5 pts.

Printing Typographic/monospaced

I'm using the IBM Server iSeries to generate spoolfiles. I want to use typographic fonts (some characters use more space than others) eg helvetica. If I have columns of figures this is not good. For this it would be better to use a monospaced (uniformly spaced) font. Do you know two fonts, one...

View Answer   |  Mar 7 2006  7:51 AM GMT
Printing, Application development
asked by jangvej

  0 pts.

GDDM on V5R4

Can I display graphics on the screen Or print the graphics using GDDM on V5R4?

View Answer   |  Mar 7 2006  2:24 AM GMT
AS/400, RPG, Printing
asked by creative18

  0 pts.

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