The PRINT command allows you to print from CL. You must format the
print line in your program. The ACTION parameter supports 4 options:
*OPN This must be the first statement executed. You may
specify a title and up to 3 column headings. The
date, time and page number appear on every page.
You may also specify the USRDTA and SPLFNAM
parameters that will appear with the spooled file.
*PRT This is the default for printing a detail line.
*PAG This causes a new page to occur with the same title
and column headings as on *OPN. *PAG allows you to
force a new page heading. Normal print overflow is
handled automatically.
*CLO This closes the file. No other entries may be made.
A typical set of commands in a CL program would be:
/* Print heading */
PRINT ACTION(*OPN) TITLE('Library list') +
COLHD1('Library Text description') +
SPLFNAM(LIBLIST)
/* Your processing loop
.
.
/* Print detail line
PRINT LINE(&LIB *CAT ' ' *CAT &TEXT)
.
'
/* Close print file */
PRINT ACTION(*CLO)
The report would print to the spooled file LIBLIST as:
**********************************************************************
* *
* 1/21/09 8:53:42 Library list Page 1 *
* *
* Library Text description *
* *
* PAYROLL The Payroll library *
* DISTRIB The Distribution library *
* *
* *
* Records printed- 2 *
* *
**********************************************************************
Note that a heading line always appears followed by a blank line.
Each column head prints (if any) followed by another blank line (if
any column headings print). A total always appears at the bottom for
the number of *PRT actions executed.
Note that you must concatenate in enough blank spaces to meet your
formatting requirements. Another alternative is to build the print
line with the BLDPRTLIN TAA Tool.
By default, the printer file used is TAACLPHS which is created as
part of the tool. The printer file is created using the defaults of
CRTPRTF. You can use an OVRPRTF command to TAACLPHS in your program
or name a file on the PRTFILE parameter.
The purpose of a unique printer file is to allow other tools which
print to QPRINT to be able to use the PRINT tool without running into
conflicts.
Conditional prompting exists so the command prompt as it first
appears uses only the LINE and ACTION parameters. Based on the
Action value, additional parameters may appear.
PRINT2 Command
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The PRINT tool also supports the PRINT2 command which is used
internally by TAA Tools. The purpose of PRINT2 is to allow you to
use the PRINT command in conjunction with a TAA command that also
requires the PRINT function.
You should not being using PRINT2 in your applications.
Command parameters *CMD
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LINE The formatted print line. Up to 132 positions may
be specified. The default is *NONE. If a value is
entered, you must specify ACTION(*PRT).
ACTION The action to be performed. The default is *PRT.
The following entries are supported:
*OPN This opens the file and causes the headings to
print. You may specify TITLE, COLHD1, COLHD2
and COLHD3, USRDTA and SPLFNAM. Once the file
is open, you may not reopen it without doing an
ACTION(*CLO).
*PRT This is the default and prints a detail line
with the value of the LINE parameter. You may
specify SPCBFR and/or SPCAFT and the COUNT
parameter. You may not specify the heading
information.
*PAG This causes a skip to a new page and prints the
same headings that were specified on
ACTION(*OPN). New headings may not be
specified. *PAG allows you to force a new page
heading. Normal print overflow is handled
automatically.
*CLO This causes the file to be closed. No other
entries may be made.
SPCBFR Space before. The default is 0. 0-3 may be
specified. This parameter is only considered for
ACTION(*PRT).
SPCAFT Space after. The default is 1. 0-3 may be
specified. This parameter is only considered for
ACTION(*PRT).
COUNT This is a *YES/*NO value that determines whether the
line being printed will be considered in the final
total of records printed. *YES is the default. *NO
should be used when you are printing a comment. A
final total will only be printed if PRTCOUNT(*YES)
is specified for ACTION(*OPN).
PRTCOUNT Whether to print a final total or not when
ACTION(*OPN) is used. *YES is the default to print
a final count of the records that were specified as
COUNT(*YES) for ACTION(*PRT).
*NO may be specified to bypass the final total.
TITLE The report title which appears on every page. This
may only be specified on ACTION(*OPN). The default
is *NONE. The date, time and page number will
always appear. Up to 80 characters may be
specified.
COLHD1 The first line of column headings. Up to 132
characters may be specified. The default is *NONE.
An entry may only be made for ACTION(*OPN).
COLHD2 The second line of column headings. Up to 132
characters may be specified. The default is *NONE.
An entry may only be made for ACTION(*OPN).
COLHD3 The third line of column headings. Up to 132
characters may be specified. The default is *NONE.
An entry may only be made for ACTION(*OPN).
USRDTA The user data field that will appear with the
spooled file output. The default is *NONE in which
case the field will be blank. A value can only be
specified on ACTION(*OPN).
SPLFNAM The spooled file name that will appear with the
spooled output. The default is CMDPRINT. A value
can only be specified on ACTION(*OPN)
RPTDATE The date to appear in the heading of the report.
The default is *JOB meaning the date of the current
job. *SYSTEM may be specified to cause the current
system date to be used.
PRTFILE The name of the Printer file that will be used.
*STD is the default which causes the TAACLPHS
printer file to be used. If a printer file is
named, it must be on the library list.
Restrictions
------------
None.
Prerequisites
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The following TAA Tools must be on your system:
SNDESCMSG Send escape message
Implementation
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None, the tool is ready to use.
Objects used by the tool
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Object Type Attribute Src member Src file
------ ----- --------- ---------- -----------
PRINT *CMD TAACLPH QATTCMD
PRINT2 *CMD TAACLPH2 QATTCMD
TAACLPHC *PGM CLP TAACLPHC QATTCL
TAACLPHC2 *PGM CLP TAACLPHC2 QATTCL
TAACLPHR *PGM RPG TAACLPHR QATTRPG
TAACLPHR2 *PGM RPG TAACLPHR2 QATTRPG
TAACLPHS *FILE PRTF No source
TAACLPHT *FILE PRTF No source
Structure
---------
PRINT
TAACLPHC CL Pgm
TAACLPHR RPG Pgm
TAACLPHS Print file
PRINT2
TAACLPHC2 CL Pgm
TAACLPHR2 RPG Pgm
TAACLPHT Print file
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