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RickRock
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Joined: 11 Jan 2012
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Location: United States
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Is it feasible to change the print channels in Easytrieve? In my program each time I execute PRINT (PRINT ABCDE) a form/report is printed.
Per my understanding in column 1 of the print file is a “channel” that tells the printer where to start printing.
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----+----1----+----2----+----3
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1 <===
ADDRESS DATA
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My objective is to be able to issue three PRINT commands per record and have the output be written to three different channels. Like this --
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----+----1----+----2----+----3
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1
ADDRESS DATA
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----+----1----+----2----+----3
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2
FORM DATA 1
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----+----1----+----2----+----3
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3
FORM DATA 2
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I hope my question makes sense, if not, let me know and I will try again.
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I do not necessarily need to issue 3 print commands; essentially, I just need to ability to force a value into the print channel field to ensure that my forms are printed correctly. |
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Bill Woodger
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With appropriate statements you can format a whole page with one PRINT.
Why don't you try it with multiple LINE statements? Even look at the label printing stuff.
If you want "skip to channel" sort of stuff, look in the manual. If it's not there, it doesn't do it.
If none of the above helps, there's always the possibility of a Cobol PRINTER EXIT.
EDIT:
An example PRINTER EXIT is now here. |
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