Hi Brian,
First, for the U2 readers on this list, let me explain that the ANPHOLD file
that Brian referred is not a file provided by UniVerse.
It is a replacement in SpoolerPlus (our generic Pick/Reality print spooler)
for the &HOLD& file that is in UniVerse.
It allows us to have a single Hold File in the SpoolerPlus account that
receives print jobs from all application accounts rather than a separate
&HOLD& file in each application
account, which UniVerse otherwise creates automatically.
This allows us to process all print jobs generated in all application
accounts thru one file and aggregate all print jobs on hold in the same
file.
With regard to the expansion of the length of the hold entry number that is
assigned by UniVerse, I asked this question of IBM Support on behalf of one
of our other SpoolerPlus customers a few months ago.
IBM Support said that this request to expand the Entry No. beyond 4 digits
in UniVerse was first recorded a number of years ago, that others had made
the same request and that they would add my request to the list of others
who had requested it.
UniData does provide a means to expand the length of the _HOLD_ file entry
number (and our UniData customers are using that feature), but UniVerse
does not provide for that at this time (ie. within the past year) as far as
I know.
I would ask this question of your IBM Support representative under your
UniVerse support agreement to get a current definitive answer and to add
your name to the request list.
With the expanding use of SpoolerPlus on UniVerse and the additional
functionality that it provides for managing and manipulating print jobs on
hold, users are finding more and more uses for keeping print jobs on hold
for longer and longer periods of time, and the incidence of repeating the
same Entry No., even though the print job id can not be duplicated, is
becoming more and more prevalent.
It does make it confusing when you have more than one print job on hold with
the same entry number.
This problem is not going to go away and it's not going to get better until
IBM recognizes the needs of the end-user community to manage larger and
larger volumes of print jobs.
If anyone discovers a better answer, please let us all know.
Thanks,
Dave
Dave Taylor
Sysmark Information Systems, Inc.
Authorized IBM Business Partner
49 Aspen Way
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
(O) 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275)
(F) 310-377-3550
(C) 310-561-5200
www.sysmarkinfo.com
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:50 PM
Subject: [U2] Spooler hold entry number
Hello all!
I see that U2 gets the next hold entry number from an item in the DICT of
ANPHOLD called NEXT.HOLD. It seems to automatically "roll over" at 9999 -
it
won't go to 5 digits. Although we use the BANNER UNIQUE option on the
SETPTR
command so that the actual ID of the print job also includes the user,
account, date, time, etc., the users themselves only see the entry number
when the spooler list is presented to them (long story). Because we could
generate quite a few print jobs in a day, and because jobs on hold can be
kept for a little while, we're running into some overlap.
Does anyone know if (and then where) I can change the limit before the
hold
entry rolls?
Thanks!
Brian
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