Hi Mark,
I can twiddle bits with the best of them, but I have to have a target. LIST
PEQS just returns [10] FILE NAME MISSING
Sigh......
After using Unidata in different flavors/incarnations since 1992 working
with a native pick system is certainly a challenge.
I'll look up the doc's on the -F option and see if that will help me see
things better. The main problem I'm having is that my print job which is
one of those PAGE x OF xx PAGES where you stick all the header and detail
lines into a print buffer as you count the total number of pages, is doing a
page break every 24 lines and the frustration of dealing with SP-EDIT is
certainly not helping.
Got an end of the month deadline and my program goes nutso. Whoopee!
Now, really, this is so simple. I think the O/S is "helping" me by adding
in extra page breaks. I've checked TERM and printer output is set to
132,60. I think I'll just run around the house pulling my hair out for a
while, and then maybe set in the corner and go quietly insane ;-)
PrintTheInvoice:
EXECUTE "TERM" ; *test stmt
INPUT DUH.ME ; *test stmt
PRINTER ON
PRINT.COUNT = DCOUNT(PB,@AM)
FOR AEE = 1 TO PRINT.COUNT
LNO = PB<1>
DEL PB<1>
IF LNO[1,3] = '*#*' THEN
LNO.LN = LEN(LNO) - 3
LNO = LNO[4,LNO.LN]
PRINT LNO:PAGE.COUNT
END ELSE
PRINT LNO
END
NEXT AEE
PRINTER OFF
RETURN
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Johnson
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 06:27
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [U2] mvBase spooler
I work with U2 and non U2 MV's (MVBase, D3, MCD, most natives) and SP-EDIT
is a pain. It's so old school it's a shame D3/MVBase still use it in its
Jurrasic Pick incarnation. Don't get me started on all the combinations of
options to handle any problems. One of the manuals even refers to it as
Spooler Warfare.
I have a utility that converts any SP-EDIT hold file to a file-level item
for easy editing. It uses the SP-EDIT spool=F option. Some systems create
multiple records and others assemble them into one.
These file-level items are RUNOFF records. Thus to re-print the hold file
with any changes your system must have RUNOFF. If not, you can remove the
embedded simple RUNOFF commands (lines that start with a <period>) and just
convert them to form-feeds. I think _HOLD_ matches lines to the SETPTR
settings and may not have char(12)'s.
The filename that you *are* looking for is called PEQS and while you can
type LIST<space>PEQS the data isn't really usable data. That's why they have
LISTPEQS.
I also have a utility that emulates the SP-JOBS of Microdata which I believe
is the best spooler manager. It only replicates the SP-JOBS of hold-file
management and not SP-STATUS of device management. That is a real different
thing on native versus network versions of D3/MvBase.
Hopefully this helps.
Mark Johnson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen E. Elwood (CA)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: [U2] mvBase spooler
> Does anybody know in a Raining data mvBase system, *is* there a file for
the
> spooled jobs, and if so, what the name might be? I really truly hate
> SP-EDIT and have a spooler that I wrote for Unidata that I would like to
> port over.
>
>
> Allen E. Elwood
> Senior Programmer Analyst
> Direct (818) 361-5251
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