Re: Stupid RPG cycle question

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wound up setting on a new indicator in my first time block and
doing the       10
            OR   OF
thing which worked while waiting for answers.

Well, I see 1P isnt' going to work for me since there is data I
fill into the header from the calc specs.  I'll try the 'F'etch in the
next program of this ilk I need to modify which is... today!  Another
program they want me to do the same thing to.

I would go ahead and convert to RPG IV and then make modifiations,
but as it turns out this system is not going to be used anymore by the
end of the year anyway.  We went through a merger, and the company
we merged with has their own systems, luckily for me they use AS/400's
also.  They just use off the shelf AS/400 software.  Buy rather than build
is their motto.  So, by the end of the year I think this AS/400 is going to
be sitting here idleing, or just being used for Passthroughs.

So, why bother to modernize everything if it's just going hasta la bye bye
anyway?

Regards,

Jim Langston

Douglas Handy wrote:

> Jim,
>
> >1P?  I have never seen that in a single program on my system,
> >nor have I seen it in any documentation.  I didn't know it existed!
>
> That works *if* the headings do not need any fields derived from
> calcs, including the "first time block".  If you look at the cycle
> charts, 1P processing occurs before any of your calcs.  If your
> headings include the time of day, then that field won't be initialized
> either.
>
> As an alternative, do like your first inclination and condition the
> line strictly by OF.  Force on OF in your first time block, just like
> you did.  The step you missed is to code your first detail time O spec
> with a F in column 16 for "fetch overflow".  This tells the cycle to
> first check for overflow prior to printing the line.
>
> Once you have done this, you can also seton OF anytime you want to
> force a new page; possible on a calc conditioned by a Lx indicator.
>
> My standard report headings in RPG II were conditioned just by OF,
> with OF forced on in the first time block.   The first detail or excpt
> output included F for fetch overflow, as did any other line which may
> otherwise print too far down the page.

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