Re: ANSI (was: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings)

2008-06-04 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/03/2008 at 08:13 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >There are numerous ANSI standards. There is something called context that often limits what the intended standard could be. >Merely to say "ANSI" Which I didn't. >is at best ambiguous; Google for "

ANSI (was: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings)

2008-06-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:57:02 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/01/2008 > at 10:02 AM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>First, thank you for saying "Fortran" rather than "ASCII". The >>convention is part of the FORTRAN (and, I believe, COBOL) spec, not of >>ASCII as is

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/01/2008 at 10:02 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >First, thank you for saying "Fortran" rather than "ASCII". The >convention is part of the FORTRAN (and, I believe, COBOL) spec, not of >ASCII as is so commonly misstated. It's not part of ASCII but it

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread Bill Godfrey
There is also a Word macro for carriage controls here: http://programmingstuff.googlepages.com/ and another one was submitted to ibm-main in 1999 (which specifies A4 page size): http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/msg/6ca75c59751cb415 I haven't used either one. Bill On Sun,

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread Oscar H Flores
I would like a copy as well Thanks Oscar From: Bob Halpern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 14:58:22 -0700 I would like this macro, too. Tha

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Gerry Palmer wrote: I wrote a Microsoft Word macro that converts mainframe control characters to the Word equivalents. You just download the mainframe listing to your PC, execute the macro, and you're good to go. It will print to any local or network printer to which you can send any other Word

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread Bob Halpern
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a.k.a, - dumb -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Halpern Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings I would like this

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread Bob Halpern
I would like this macro, too. Thank you, Bob Halpern -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerry Palmer Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread Gerry Palmer
Stephen, I wrote a Microsoft Word macro that converts mainframe control characters to the Word equivalents. You just download the mainframe listing to your PC, execute the macro, and you're good to go. It will print to any local or network printer to which you can send any other Word document.

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread J R
it as "ASA" print control. > Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:02:27 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > > On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:34:31 -0800, gah wrote: > > > >It is a

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:34:31 -0800, gah wrote: > >It is a standard part of the printing subsystem on many >unix systems. It is called the "fortran filter", traditionally >used for printing the output of Fortran programs. In the case >of most unix systems, it converts to Postscript. If one doesn't

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-06-01 Thread gah
(someone wrote) I've got a freeware PC program that allows you to print output with mainframe control characters if that's what you want, send me an offline email and I'll send it to you. It is a standard part of the printing subsystem on many unix systems. It is called the "fortran filter",

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-05-31 Thread Brian Westerman
I've got a freeware PC program that allows you to print output with mainframe control characters if that's what you want, send me an offline email and I'll send it to you. Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acces

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-05-30 Thread Thomas Kern
I think the XMITIP package can also transform your input listing into a PDF (landscape or portrait) that can be read on any PC with Adobe's Acrobat and printed on whatever printer that PC can reach. /Tom Kern On Fri, 30 May 2008 08:29:53 -0400, Stocker, Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Stephen

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-05-30 Thread Hessong, Keith
erman Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings Stephen, Check out Lionel B. Dyck web page. There is a function named XMIPIP. Within this package there is a utility "XMITIPFE" that will do what

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-05-30 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/30/2008 7:30:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This will take the file you are editing and format it in ".txt" and other formats then e-mail it to you can print it from the e-mail. >> Think Cheryl was having the problem a few years back and so

Re: PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-05-30 Thread Stocker, Herman
Stephen, Check out Lionel B. Dyck web page. There is a function named XMIPIP. Within this package there is a utility "XMITIPFE" that will do what you want to do. http://www.lbdsoftware.com/ This will take the file you are editing and format it in ".txt" and other formats then e-mail it

PC printing of .txt files containing maiframe listings

2008-05-29 Thread Stephen Mednick
I seem to recall from a long time ago that there was a free program that enabled you to take a .TXT file that contained a mainframe report containing print control characters and print out the report in landscape form and honour the control characters in the file. Does anyone know of such a progr