Sounds like a clever idea. I'd like a copy of the macro, please. Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerry Palmer Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My favorite way to print mainframe assemblies (ZTree) For simple one-at-a-time printouts, I wrote an MS Word macro that converts ASA carriage control characters to the MS word equivalents. It handles page breaks, single/double/triple line spaces, and, to some extent, the "print without advancing" carriage control codes. When it encounters a CC '+' (print without advancing), it sets the entire previous line to bold and deletes the line with the CC '+'... so it won't let you selectively "overtype" just parts of a print line as was sometimes done in the impact printer era to emphasize individual words, but overall it works pretty well. You simply download your mainframe report to the PC with a "Rich Text Format" (.rtf) file extension (so the file will open automatically in MS Word), double click to open the document, then kick off the macro... and voila, a printable document with the original formatting. If anyone's interested, shoot me a note off-list and I'll send you a copy of the macro and instructions for installation and use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
