Allen: The command you're looking for is "LISTPEQS" (with no space in it). I think that's where you're having trouble.
Hope this helps. Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allen E. Elwood > (CA) > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [U2] mvBase spooler > > > 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 > > Fax (818) 361-5251 > > Cell (818) 359-8162 > > Home (818) 361-7217 > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
