Detaching spool file with AS/400 command
Hi i want to detach job from a spool file . I tried CHGJOB SPLFACN(*DETACH) command but it detaches all the spool files for a specific job . My requirement is to detach a particular spool file from job . Please help

Answer Question   |  April 5, 2011  5:43 AM
AS/400 command functions, AS/400 commands, AS/400 output files, AS/400 Spooled Files, CHGJOB

Convert Spool File Tools
I am looking at using either Iseries Report Downloader or SpoolIt to convert spool files into an Excel format.  Has anyone used these tools?  Is there another tool I should look at using? What I want to accomplish is to take a spool file, strip out the page headers, breaks and pick and choose the data [...]

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2011  8:55 PM
AS/400 Spool Files, AS/400 Spooled Files, Change Spooled File Attributes, Spool files

OKIT400 printing from AS400
I have a direct thermal printer OKIT400 from OKI Printing Solutions on a LAN with an ip address. I also have an AS400 RPGLE to print labels to it. The program works just fine on the AS400 but the spooled files (labels) ARE NOT printing at all. Not even a beep or blinking error light of any [...]

Answer Question   |  October 7, 2010  4:40 PM
AS/400 IP address, AS/400 printing, AS/400 Spooled Files, LAN

Copy spool file in AFPDS to IFS stream as AFP.
How to copy the spool file in AFPDS format to IFS stream as AFP?

Answer Question   |  August 16, 2010  5:18 AM
AFP, AFPDS, AS/400, AS/400 Spooled Files, IFS, Spool files

sndnetsplf
Is there any way to change prt01 outq, when you use this command. In my system files I sent automatically go to PRT01.I want it to go to QPRINT. Thnak you.

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2010  5:08 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files, SNDNETSPLF

Prevent User from Deleting Spool Files
Hi, If a user has *SPLCTL authority in their User Profile is it possible to prevent that User Profile from deleting spool files without removing that authority? Thanks John.  

Answer Question   |  February 24, 2010  12:09 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files, OS/400

Is it possible to restrict a user from viewing a spool file and restrict him from deleting a spool file
Is it possible to allow access to a user only to view a spool file and restrict him from deleting the spool file

Answer Question   |  February 20, 2010  7:58 AM
AS/400 Permissions, AS/400 Spooled Files, AS/400 user authority

AS/400 Spool Data Base File
Is it safe to delete the Spool Data Base File? Object:Q04079N011 Type:*FILE Attribute: PF Library: QSPL

Answer Question   |  January 21, 2010  8:31 AM
AS/400, AS/400 Database File, AS/400 Spooled Files

AS/400 raw spool files
Does anyone know how to identify the file and member which contains the printer data stream for a particular output queue entry? I can use a data queue associated with an output to know when a spool file has been placed on the queue. I need to insert some text into the spool file before [...]

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2009  2:10 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files, Spool files

Is there a way to show a printer file overlay in spooled file? I need to email a document with an overlay.
We are currently creating purchase orders with a printer file overlay. Now we need to be able to email the purchase order. (Without printing it first.) We have the ability to email spooled files. And, of course, resources are limited.

Answer Question   |  November 19, 2009  9:27 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files, Print Spool File, spooled files

Auditing an AS/400 Server
Hi Gilly400: please, is there any way to know who viewed or accessed my spoolfile???????

Answer Question   |  November 22, 2009  5:54 AM
AS/400 audit, AS/400 security, AS/400 Security Data, AS/400 Spooled Files

Delete Spool Files of 30 users (Starting with OP) using Generic Name i.e. OP*
Every 3 moths we are deleting Spool files of users Starting With OP, on iSeries System using the below Program and a Display File. This activity is performed after the Spool Files (Which needs to be deleted) are saved on Tape using BRMS. *************** Beginning of data ************************** PGM                                                                      DCLF       FILE(QGPL/SPOOLED) OPNID(SPOOL)                  DCLF       FILE(QGPL/DLTOLDSPLF) [...]

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2009  7:33 AM
AS/400 Spooled Files, CL/400, i570, Spool files, V5R4M0

AS/400 how to move spool file queue to queue ?
Suppose there 100 spool files in one queue name QEZLOG now i wants to move all the 100 file to another queue LIBOL , So usually we do the command by selection the file 2 and command is OUTQ(LIBOL) SAVE(*YES) but this is lenthy and taking more time , I need one command where all [...]

Answer Question   |  October 27, 2009  9:00 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files

Save/Restore spoolfiles V5R3
We are on V5R3 and are about to upgrade our disks prior to going to V5R4. Does anyone know how to save AND restore spoolfiles including tose with attribute *USERASCII? Thanks.

Answer Question   |  October 19, 2009  9:03 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files, V5R3

How to convert the spoolfile to TIFF Little Endian in AS400 IFS folder with HPT API?
Can anyone help to share the experience to convert the spoolfile to TIFF Little Endian in AS400 IFS folder. I have used HPT API with WSCST setting DATASTREAM=TIFF_G4, INITPRT DATA = ’4D4D002A’X to covert the spoolfile to Big Endian successfully. However, I still can’t figure out the way to convert it into Little Endian which I finally [...]

Answer Question   |  October 30, 2009  2:17 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files, TIFF

Spool File Count From A Single Job?
Is there a way to determine the total spool file count that was generated from a single job (including spool files that have a ‘FIN’ status)?     We had a job that went into a loop and generated thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of spool files.     It is impossible to manually count them.     The problem is, [...]

Answer Question   |  October 8, 2009  5:51 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files

AS/400 spool file transfer to server
Any best way to trasfer the generated spool file and store in a server – is it good to covert the spool to PF and ftp the file to server? Thanks in advance for any input.

Answer Question   |  October 2, 2009  1:11 PM
AS/400 Spooled Files

Convert to PDF
Please guide on how do we use Convert to PDF from i series navigator. We are on V5R4. Need the steps to be followed in order to convert a spool file to a pdf. What needs to be done in order to save it to a location on the PC.      

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2012  10:39 AM
AS/400 PDF, AS/400 Spooled Files, iSeries Navigator, PDF conversion, System i, V5R4

Convert spool file to physical file in AS/400
How to convert result file to physical file?

Answer Question   |  April 23, 2012  8:21 AM
AS/400 Spooled Files, Physical Files, Spooled File to Physical File Conversion

copy spool file to another user’s spool file
hi, any command allowed me to copy printer file in my spool file to another user’s id spool file. thanks.

Answer Question   |  September 12, 2009  2:09 PM
AS/400, AS/400 Spooled Files, iSeries