RE: Bundling Spool Files

[Jacob Christiansen <jacob.christiansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alan

I know this email is slightly salesy (and if you are not interested just
ignore and delete).  I use to work at a bank where I had similar
problems.  In the end I wrote a suite of programs to deal with the most
common SPLF management issues.  Now I work with a software house and we
have enhanced the original SPLF management into a product called Report
Management/400 (RMF/400), which take of all these sort of problems.

I you want to know more please contact me or have a look at our web
site: http://www.technocrats.co.uk/ (click on Product and Report
Management/400 on the sidebar).

Best regards

Jacob Christiansen


-----Original Message-----
From: alan shore [mailto:SHOREA@dime.com]
Sent: 24 May 2000 13:39
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Bundling Spool Files


I may be mistaken, but I think the original request was NOT strictly
bundling the spool files together, but sorting the contents of those
spool files so that customer A has statements/invoices/bills from spool
1,2,3 and 4, followed by customer B from spool 2 and 4 followed by
customer C from spool 1 and 3. I hope that my interpretation is correct
as I am in the process of analyzing the same problem, and if anyone has
an answer, obviously, I would be very interested.
TIA

>>> Dave Murvin <davem@drme.com> 05/23 9:13 PM >>>
If the programs you are using use the same printer file, such as
QSYSPRT, 
you could use OVRPRTF FILE(QSYSPRT) SHARE(*YES), then all the printer
files 
after the override (assuming they are the same file name and in the same

job) will be bundled into the one spool file.  I have used this process
in 
the past to connect cover page info to a report so when you print two 
copies, the cover pages are attached to the reports.

At 06:39 PM 5/23/00 +0200, you wrote:

>Is there an "easy" way to programmatically bundle the spool files
together,
>so that the contents of the spool files will be printed in the correct
>sequence?

Dave Murvin
DRM Enterprises, Inc.
davem@drme.com 

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