RE: Printer File Line Count

[Joe Giusto <JDG@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        Fetch overflow would not have bothered me as much, but i'm never
sure how many total summary lines are going to print until i get there
(they can vary based on type of ads customers run).  
        thanks for the positions. 

        [Joe Giusto]  
> From: Buck Calabro [SMTP:mcalabro@commsoft.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 1998 2:06 PM
> To:   'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: Printer File Line Count
> 
> On Monday, July 06, 1998 12:37 PM, Joe Giusto [SMTP:JDG@patuxent.com] 
> wrote:
> > Is there any way to know what line number of a printed page i am on
> > without keeping my own line counter?  i looked in the INFDS but
> unless i
> > am missing something, it is not there.  (pos 152 - 153 binary will
> show
> > the number of lines of the printer file but not the number of lines
> used
> > on the page.)  we have a need for dynamic overflow (summary lines
> for an
> > account can vary in number which is why i can not just set and check
> for
> > overflow).  Hate to set it to something like 50 and waste 16 lines
> of
> > space if i don't have to.
> 
> Joe,
>   Use columns B 367 368 for the current line number.  Dare I suggest
> the 
> use of fetch overflow? <g>
> 
> Buck Calabro
> Commsoft, Albany, NY
> mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
> 
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