Thanks Rob
Its just a small report - nothing fancy

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Free form for a printer and o specs

Use of O specs, even in fixed form, have a very limited use when using anything other than the most basic of reporting. For a "quick and dirty" they may be acceptable. But look at creating a printer file with DDS. Then in RPG you write to that instead of using O specs, etc.

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You can't do O-specs (or I-specs) in **FREE. You should probably use an externally-described print file. Alternatively, you can use an /INCLUDE compiler directive to put the fixed-format O-specs in a different source member.



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Subject: Free form for a printer and o specs

Hi everyone
We are on V7r3
Its been a while since I wrote a new program that produces a spool file

With free-form, you declare a printer like

dcl-f SLSRPT0055 Printer OflInd(pageFull);

However - did anything replace the o-specs?

Ive done a google search and haven't really found anything - but then - could THAT be due to what I am searching for?

As always - all answers gratefully accepted

Alan Shore
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