Re: Overlay not showing sometimes

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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It is essential that you understand how your i5/OST system searches for 
Advanced Function Presentation resources.

When you create a spooled file, the operating system saves the libraries in 
your library list. Within that list are the libraries that contain the 
resources used to create the spooled file.

When specifying an overlay, page definition, or page segment, you need to 
include the library that contains the resource in your library list. If you 
have more than one overlay, page definition, or page segment with the same 
name, make sure the one you want to use is in the first library searched. 
Otherwise, you might specify the correct name, but get the wrong resource in 
your output.
If you have a resource that you want many users access (fonts, for example), 
you might put that resource in a library that everyone can access. For 
example, you could put it in a library identified in the system value 
QSYSLIBL.

Jim Franz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: Overlay not showing sometimes


> And you're sure the overlay was created? No errors? And the cpyfrmpcd 
> worked
> correctly? Sounds like you're dealing with the old version of the overlay.
> Check the create date with a dspobjd.
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Jack Tucky <jacktucky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Sorry.  The original sets of signatures continue to work.  Two new ones
> > won't work.
> >
> > No program changes or anything.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:19 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Overlay not showing sometimes
> >
> > It doesn't print sometime or never since you made the change? Does the 
> > old
> > copy still work?
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Jack Tucky <jacktucky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > We put an electronic signature on some Bills of Lading.  The entire
> > printer
> > > file has an overlay, plus we put the signature in a little box at the
> > > bottom.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This has been working well for several years.  We needed to create some
> > new
> > > signatures, so I followed the steps I always do.  Create the jpg, print
> > to
> > > the AFP 300 printer driver (specify medium overlay), put the file in
> > QDLS,
> > > then do the Create OVL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Like this:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > CPYFRMPCD  FROMFLR(&FLR) TOFILE(QTEMP/WORKF) +
> > >
> > >             FROMDOC(&FILE) +
> > >
> > >             TRNTBL(*NONE) TRNFMT(*NOTEXT)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > CRTOVL     OVL(&LIB/&OVL) FILE(QTEMP/WORKF) MBR(WORKF)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The overlay prints on a test form.  BUT I can't get it to print in our
> > > application.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is the DDS
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A          R SIGN                      OVERLAY(&LIB/&OVLS &POSD &POSA)
> > >
> > > A            LIB           10A  P
> > >
> > > A            OVLS           8A  P
> > >
> > > A            POSD           5S 3P
> > >
> > > A            POSA           5S 3P
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've confirmed via debug all of these field values are correct.   I 
> > > don't
> > > mess with overlays much.    Has anyone seen anything like this before?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jack
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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