In a recent note, John M. Cullen said: > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:33:04 -0500 > > PARM GRAPHICS(CHAIN(SN)) /* FOR ..... .... PRINT OUTPUT */ > ========..... > To get lowercase comments you MUST do something like this. > Again, 'way too much DWIM. Comments, at least, should be reflected from SYSIN to SYSPRINT with no such transformations.
A frequent refutation of wishes in this forum is that while the objective would have some value, it does not offset the squandering of IBM's limited resources. In this case, I would have hoped the IDCAMS programmer's talent could have been put to better use than writing code page conversion routines. In fact, such operations simply don't belong in any utility with ostensibly other purposes; they should be relegated to a specialized filter utility run in a subsequent job step, or, better, a printer driver routine which is aware of the CHAIN actually being used. And how should the programmer provide for SYSPRINT being replicated via OUTPUT JCL to two different printers with different characteristics. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
