Print invoice from physical file with CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL)

Posted by: Paulster

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PvD Consultancy AB

Sweden and The Netherlands

Print invoice from physical file with CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL)
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Print invoice from physical file with CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL) Published by: Paulster on 19 Oct 2011 view comments(2)

Howdy,

I get a file ftp-ed on my system from a remote system. The file is a flat file containing invoices that have been invoiced on the remote machine. The file is generated on the remote machine during invoicing but looks exactly like it has been copied from a spooled file to a flat file using command CPYSPLF with CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL). The file would typically look something like below:

*...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8....
003                                              INVOICE
   1                                                                       Page   1
   2                                             Invoicedate            Customer ID
   1                                             11-09-26                      A040
   1                                                                     Invoice ID
   1                                                                         111513
   2      Invoice address
   1      Joe's nails and spikes
   2      5 Hammarroad 
   1      Albany NY
025       Description                        Qty                Amount
   1      ------------------------------------------------------------
   1      Golden hammer                        1                500.00
062           Amount   VAT %             VAT                    Amount
   1          500.00   10.00           50.00                    550.00 USD

Now here's for the question: is there any way to print this file in the intended layout without creating a program to format it properly before printing?

I reckon the answer to this question is no but I thought and check with you guys before setting of and creating a program to do this (or ordering a .pdf instead)

Thanks for any tips,

Paulster

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Posted by: bobcozzi

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Posted: 11 years 5 months 6 days 14 hours 8 minutes ago

Press help on the CPYSPLF command and read the layout for *PRTCTL. Most options can be easily reproduced with an RPG pgm or a simple CPYF command.

Posted by: DaleB

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Reading, PA

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Posted: 11 years 5 months 6 days 13 hours 41 minutes ago

Next time ask them to CPYSPLF ... CTLCHAR(*FCFC). You then do

OVRPRTF QPRINT ... CTLCHAR(*FCFC)
CPYF file QPRINT
DLTOVR QPRINT

Unfortunately there is no OVRPRTF CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL).

Any non-externally described printer file will work. If you do this regularly, you might want to CRTPRTF with appropriate PAGESIZE() and so forth, to save yourself typing (and remembering) all of the keywords from your OVRPRTF.