O-spec - Maximum width of printer file

[murali_mano]

Dear All,


Can anyone give me the suggestion that, can we able to design a printer file in
O-Spec with WIDTH more than 132 columns.

Please advise, if there is any ways to design a printer file in O-Spec with more than 132 columns

Thanks,
Murali...

[jtemple]

Re: O-spec - Maximum width of printer file

First suggestion...use externally described printer files. If you must use O spec printer files, you can certainly enter ending positions beyond 132 in your O specs but you must change the F spec to have a record length of say ... 198 ... and then before your program is called make sure you issue an OVRPRTF to ensure the printer file width is 198.

[jamief]

Re: O-spec - Maximum width of printer file

im far from an o-spec genius but

just crtdupobj of qsysprt to lets say qsysprt2

then define in RPG

FQSYSPRT2  O    F  198        Printer USROPN

then prior to opening it just do an ovrprtf to (198)

jamie

[Ruben Apesoah]

Re: O-spec - Maximum width of printer file

As long as I know you must always have (refer to) a Printer File ....

Recently I work with a 250 characters width printer file ... RLU does not accept more ....

good luck ...

[tomholden]

Re: O-spec - Maximum width of printer file

usually to go beyond the 132 columns you'll need an OVRPRTF prior to opening the QSYSPRT (or any other printer file) the max i've used is 198 columns.

[John192]

Hi,


Could someone please provide any example of RPGLE program where we have the printer file exhausting this 132 columns limit in the same O spec program defined printer file.

I have a program defined printer file in which when I increase the length of one of it's field then it starts truncating the adjacent field at record level and at the footer level.

So it would be much appreciated if someone could please share any example of any RPGLE program where we have more than 32 columns defined in the printer file with out truncating any of the field's data on any level(header, detail and footer).



Thanks

[John192]

Just to correct it for more than 132 columns:-

"any example of any RPGLE program where we have more than 132 columns defined in the printer file without truncating any of the field's data on any level(header, detail and footer)."


Thanks