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Parsing spooled File.

Dear, I have to write a program to parse and analyse a spooled file on a daily basis. In other words, I have to extract some datas from the spooled file and work on those datas. Well, I would like to write this program in C or CL (not RPG) 'cause I'm from the Unix world... :-( Any ideas, or help ?...

View Answer   |  Feb 8 2006  3:18 AM GMT
AS/400, Printing, Application development
asked by PierreLG

  45 pts.

Printing AS/400 ouptputs in diffrent printers,results in different outcome.

Our server is model 810 running on V5R2. We have a cheque printing program which outputs a spool which is used to print cheques.When the spool file is sent to a LEXMARK 2380/81 2390/91 series printers for print, the data is positioned perfectly in to the cheques. But we have some users who wants to...

View Answer   |  Jan 25 2006  4:08 AM GMT
AS/400, Printing, CLP
asked by ISU

  0 pts.

OVRDBF in JAVA

I am trying to insert records to a member in a PF through JDBC. Tried with QCMDEXC in Java. But the member is not being overridden, inserting records in the First Member-always. What may bethe cause? Can any one suggest the possible solution for this?

View Answer   |  Jan 24 2006  6:25 AM GMT
AS/400, Security, RPG
asked by cganeshh

  0 pts.

PC printfiles not being deleted from QUEUES on IBM1332 used as 400 and network printers

I have several IBM 1332 printers set up to print from the AS400 and print from PC applications(EXCEL,WORD,etc) for networked users. The 400 printing has priority and then PC applications are released. We are having sporadic problems with the PC generated printing not being deleted until we do it...

View Answer   |  Jan 23 2006  12:18 AM GMT
AS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Printing
asked by bigmac46

  485 pts.

Mail Merge on AS/400 - Replacment for Text Mgmt or AS/400 Office

We have an old system that uses a third-party replacement product for text management or AS/400 office to produce customer letters. We have all kinds of different letters stored and maintained as documents in folders and RPG programs that produce extract files and use supplied commands in our CL's...

View Answer   |  Jan 16 2006  1:56 PM GMT
AS/400, RPG, Printing
asked by msbceres

  0 pts.

Printing to a Zebra 160S

I have a Zebra 160s we want to utilize to print plain text labels. (It's a replacement for a dying dot matrix printer.) The printer is connected to our AS400 using a Jetdirect card. I can print to the printer using TL Ashford's Barcode400 software. However, I would like to use the existing programs...

View Answer   |  Jan 11 2006  9:55 AM GMT
Hardware, Printing, Printers
asked by Beverly

  0 pts.

To retrieve data from a remote system

Hi, I have to retrieve data from a remote system (May be of any operating system) and shall put into AS/400. This process should be automated and there can't be any manual intervention. We can not use FTP commands here. Is there any other way this can be achieved. Can?t go for MQ Series...

View Answer   |  Jan 10 2006  11:11 AM GMT
Wireless, AS/400, Security
asked by Helbert

  0 pts.

Printing After an Upgrade

We just finished an upgrade from V5R1 to V5R2 and most of the reports that are being sent from RPG programs to network laser printers are now printing the reports in landscape rather than portrait. This is over many different kinds of printers and is causing much grief. Any help would be greatly...

View Answer   |  Jan 8 2006  9:57 PM GMT
Printing
asked by HarveyBWR

  0 pts.

Additional options for spool files

I would like to add an option to the Work with Job Spooled Files and Work with All Spooled Files screens that will perform exactly like option 2, except that the default for the DUPLEX parameter is (*YES). TIA for all replies.

View Answer   |  Jan 5 2006  11:54 AM GMT
Printing, CLP, DataCenter
asked by HowieK

  0 pts.

Printing to a HP4250 from iSeries 820

We recently connected a HP4250 by LAN to our iSeries 820. Our current OS is V5R2. There is a problem sending a report from our IBM InfoWindowII Type 3486 terminal to the printer. The font being used by the printer is very small. We have sent the report to our IBM InfoPrint20, LAN connected...

View Answer   |  Jan 5 2006  10:53 AM GMT
AS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Printing
asked by sherrym

  0 pts.

Printing from AS400 A4/Portrait/132 car

WHat do we have to do ( WSCT ) in order to be able to print in PORTRAIT a spoolfile that has 132 caracters on an A4 document

View Answer   |  Jan 5 2006  8:21 AM GMT
AS/400, Printing
asked by William11

  0 pts.

How to create outq for Cannon IR5000 attached to iseries by *lan

Has anyone had any experience or success setting up a remote output queue for a network Cannon 5000. All I can get is garbage. I tried many different values. Any help would be appreciated!

View Answer   |  Jan 3 2006  3:13 PM GMT
Printing
asked by behrlej

  0 pts.

Detail FNTCHRSET lost with variable line in POSITION

We have varying fonts used on a form. When we specify the POSITION exactly, the FNTCHRSET is used for printing as requested. However, if we use a variable for the line in POSITION, the FNTCHRSET seems to be ignored. Example which prints fine using Helvetica Italic Bold: ------------ A R...

View Answer   |  Dec 27 2005  11:52 AM GMT
Printing, RPGLE
asked by SteveKC5F

  0 pts.

Trace the source of a spool file

Richard wrote in with this question recently: "How can I trace the source of a spool file? We looked at the spool file attributes of the spoolfile, but they only show the last job. We need to find the submitting job." Any thoughts? -- Debra Tart, associate editor, Search400.com

View Answer   |  Dec 22 2005  10:38 AM GMT
Printing
asked by DebraTart

  0 pts.

ANNOUNCEMENT ? MORE NEW CATEGORIES ADDED TO THE ISERIES CATEGORY

UPDATE YOUR AREAS OF EXPERIENCE The following categories have been added to the AS400 ? iSeries section. Application development Systems management PC/Windows connectivity groupware & e-mail Career Opportunities for iSeries These categories were added last week: Backup & recovery Security...

View Answer   |  Dec 22 2005  6:47 AM GMT
AS/400, Security, RPG
asked by DebraTart

  0 pts.

Convert an iSeries spool file to PDF

Yogendra wrote in with this question recently: "How can I convert an iSeries spool file to PDF using iSeries Navigator? I?m using 9406-520 OS/V5R3. 5722IP1 is not installed in the server." -- Debra Tart, associate editor, Search400.com

View Answer   |  Dec 21 2005  6:12 PM GMT
Printing
asked by DebraTart

  0 pts.

Program-described Printer file in RPG ILE

1. Why can't I view all the columns in my report from my spoolfile? 2. Is there any way to view all columns in my report as defined in the RPG ILE program with the printer file being program-described? Inputs: -when I ran the report, only up to 132 columns can be viewed from my spoolfile. -This is...

View Answer   |  Dec 20 2005  10:35 PM GMT
AS/400, Printing, RPGLE
asked by shadow400

  0 pts.

Problems with the print screen functions

Sean wrote in with this question recently: "I?m having an issue using the print screen function of iSeries Client Access since we upgraded it to 5.7. The print screen just prints blank pages. I've checked the page setup options, and they look fine -- 10 CPI 6 LPI, and Courier font (tried both...

View Answer   |  Dec 15 2005  7:03 AM GMT
AS/400, Printing
asked by DebraTart

  0 pts.

File transfer to the iSeries problem.

I am trying to transfer an excel speadsheet file to my AS/400. I have tried setting up a file transfer through client access and tried sending the file directly from Excel. Both times I get the following error cwbtf0023 - pc file description file was not specified or is empty The file is not...

View Answer   |  Jul 13 2005  10:11 AM GMT
Installation, Hardware, AS/400
asked by bkr0963c

  0 pts.

iSeries configuration for a DeskJet 940C

I'm trying to set up a networked DeskJet 940C using a *RMT (LPR/LPD) OUTQ. Per IBM doc, I'm using *HP500 for the MFRTYPMDL, but I can't seem to get the remote outq right. I've tried 'text', 'raw', 'prt1', 'pr1', and 'lpt1' in both lower and upper case with no success. I would want to set the...

View Answer   |  Jul 12 2005  10:30 AM GMT
OS/400, iSeries, i5
asked by Moriarty51

  0 pts.

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