RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread colin.alfke
Norman; As others pointed out you can use GETPU(). We went a different way and execute a SETPTR command using the BANNER option to actually name the _HOLD_ item. This will eliminate the renaming step and perhaps with the right options could eliminate the editing the printer control characters and

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread TPellitieri
Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:51:59 -0500 I need to find a workaround for a D3 feature that I have become dependent on. SYSTEM(20) returns the number of the last spooler entry you created. DICT _HOLD_ NEXT.HOLD contains the next job number to use. Reading this

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread Norman Morgan
We had the same issue converting from RealityX to universe. The spooler menu on RX was much more user-friendly and listed such helpful options as pages printed so far for the displayed job. Tell me about it! We came to D3/SB+/AIX 10 years ago from a Wang VS environment. I don't miss writing

Re: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread Don Kibbey
The Wang spooler was probably running directly attached printers (via serial or parralell interfaces). This would allow the spooler to know much more about the status of a job than the more modern printers that are network attached (and deal with complete print jobs in one fell swoop). For a

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread Norman Morgan
: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:36 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] SYSTEM(20)? Today we just print the whole thing, take one look at the first page, decide it's all wrong and print it again (and again, and again)... --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org

Re: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-14 Thread Mark Johnson
. It was too good to die with MCD. MJ - Original Message - From: Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)? We had the same issue converting from RealityX to universe. The spooler menu on RX was much

[U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-13 Thread Norman Morgan
I may have asked this before, if so, I have forgotten the answer and apologize for wasting your time. We are (still) in the midst of converting from D3/AIX to UniData on AIX. I need to find a workaround for a D3 feature that I have become dependent on. SYSTEM(20) returns the number of the last

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-13 Thread George Gallen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Norman Morgan Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:52 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] SYSTEM(20)? I may have asked this before, if so, I have forgotten the answer and apologize for wasting your time

Re: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-13 Thread Timothy Snyder
Check out GETPU() in the UniBasic Commands manual. That should give you what you need. Tim Snyder Consulting I/T Specialist , U2 Professional Services North American Lab Services DB2 Information Management, IBM Software Group 717-545-6403 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- u2-users mailing list

Re: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-13 Thread BNeylon
Look up GETPU(unit.number) Bruce M Neylon Health Care Management Group Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/13/2005 02:51 PM Please respond to u2-users To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org cc: Subject:[U2] SYSTEM(20)? I may have

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-13 Thread David Knight
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norman Morgan Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2005 4:52 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] SYSTEM(20)? I may have asked this before, if so, I have forgotten the answer and apologize for wasting your time. We are (still) in the midst of converting from D3/AIX

RE: [U2] SYSTEM(20)?

2005-07-13 Thread Timothy Snyder
David Knight wrote on 07/13/2005 08:03:10 PM: Reading the manual, the GETPU seems to return everything BUT the current print job number. Perhaps this is a wish list for the next release of UV. The OP is on UniData. I've been using GETPU() to report the currently open hold entry on each