Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

As much as distracts me when people start going tangentially I gotta ask, why do you have to convert a pf into a spool file?  I have some ideas in mind but I'd like to know the end goal.

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

Hi Rob this is to apply overlay [graphics like logo] over the spool file.

For example an overlay for Invoice/BOL with signatures & logos.

As much as distracts me when people start going tangentially I gotta ask, why do you have to convert a pf into a spool file?  I have some ideas in mind but I'd like to know the end goal.

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

Dear Mohan

I tried what you did in my IBM i 7.4 server using the sample file QCUSTCDT in QIWS library and the spooled file look fine :

Could you try this with QIWS/QCUSTCDT and see the result?   BTW, is the parameter COMPRESS of your CPYF command set to *YES?

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

I'm guessing that Mohan created a file similar to something that you could create by doing the following:

CRTPF FILE(ROB/MOHAN) RCDLEN(80)

UPDDTA FILE(ROB/MOHAN)

When I do a CPYF FROMFILE(ROB/MOHAN) TOFILE(*PRINT) my first 5 lines look like the following:

With the whole spool file looking like the following:

Generally most people on this platform would create a printer file using DDS and format that out.  Or bypass a spool file and create HTML for a website or an Excel spreadsheet.

However perhaps Mohan did the alternative as a precursor to generate any of these desired outputs.  So assuming the best out of him, I'm at a loss as to how to get such a physical file to a simple spool file without all that other headings, footers and sidebars by simply using CPYF.

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 03:10 AM
From: Dominique Gayte
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 19, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver
------------------------------

Mohan,

To understand where the problem is, you could try the following commands:

• Use a CPYF to a new file. Is there such a thing as a blank line at the beginning of the file? CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/TEST1) and DSPPFM (MOHANLIB/TEST1)
• Use the QPRINT printer file instead of QSYSPRT

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

Mohan,

To understand where the problem is, you could try the following commands:

• Use a CPYF to a new file. Is there such a thing as a blank line at the beginning of the file? CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/TEST1) and DSPPFM (MOHANLIB/TEST1)
• Use the QPRINT printer file instead of QSYSPRT

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 07:43 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 03:10 AM
From: Dominique Gayte
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 19, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver
------------------------------

Dominique,

QPRINT was a great idea.  That doesn't have the headings, footers and sidebars.  However DSPSPLF doesn't match what you get on the actual printout.  For example, any lines that are blank or all spaces are not shown on DSPSPLF.  So I think I'm finally getting to what Mohan's issue is:  Controlling where line one of the PF appears on the actual printed output.  When you're trying to then take that printer file, and apply overlays and signatures to it to add graphics, this line spacing is quite critical.

Mohan,

To understand where the problem is, you could try the following commands:

• Use a CPYF to a new file. Is there such a thing as a blank line at the beginning of the file? CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/TEST1) and DSPPFM (MOHANLIB/TEST1)
• Use the QPRINT printer file instead of QSYSPRT

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 07:43 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 03:10 AM
From: Dominique Gayte
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 19, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver
------------------------------

When I copy the spool file created by QPRINT back to a disk file using the following command:

CRTPF ROB/SPOOL RCDLEN(132)

CPYSPLF FILE(QPRINT) TOFILE(ROB/SPOOL) SPLNBR(*LAST) CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL)

DSPPFM FILE(ROB/SPOOL)

You can see:

That 006 says to start at line 6.  Which explains your 5 blank lines.  The 1's and 3's are space afters.  This is how it compresses out the blank lines on DSPSPLF, DSPPFM, etc.

I do not see anything in OVRPRTF QPRINT to change this.  I tried playing with it a little with

OVRPRTF FILE(QPRINT) CHLVAL((2 (1)))

but that didn't seem to help.  And in my 37 years on this job that's probably the first time I ever tried the channel value parameter.

Dominique,

QPRINT was a great idea.  That doesn't have the headings, footers and sidebars.  However DSPSPLF doesn't match what you get on the actual printout.  For example, any lines that are blank or all spaces are not shown on DSPSPLF.  So I think I'm finally getting to what Mohan's issue is:  Controlling where line one of the PF appears on the actual printed output.  When you're trying to then take that printer file, and apply overlays and signatures to it to add graphics, this line spacing is quite critical.

Mohan,

To understand where the problem is, you could try the following commands:

• Use a CPYF to a new file. Is there such a thing as a blank line at the beginning of the file? CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/TEST1) and DSPPFM (MOHANLIB/TEST1)
• Use the QPRINT printer file instead of QSYSPRT

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 07:43 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 03:10 AM
From: Dominique Gayte
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 19, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver
------------------------------

Well done Robert.

MOHAN, all you have to do is use the CPYTOSTMF proposed by Robert. 

When I copy the spool file created by QPRINT back to a disk file using the following command:

CRTPF ROB/SPOOL RCDLEN(132)

CPYSPLF FILE(QPRINT) TOFILE(ROB/SPOOL) SPLNBR(*LAST) CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL)

DSPPFM FILE(ROB/SPOOL)

You can see:

That 006 says to start at line 6.  Which explains your 5 blank lines.  The 1's and 3's are space afters.  This is how it compresses out the blank lines on DSPSPLF, DSPPFM, etc.

I do not see anything in OVRPRTF QPRINT to change this.  I tried playing with it a little with

OVRPRTF FILE(QPRINT) CHLVAL((2 (1)))

but that didn't seem to help.  And in my 37 years on this job that's probably the first time I ever tried the channel value parameter.

Dominique,

QPRINT was a great idea.  That doesn't have the headings, footers and sidebars.  However DSPSPLF doesn't match what you get on the actual printout.  For example, any lines that are blank or all spaces are not shown on DSPSPLF.  So I think I'm finally getting to what Mohan's issue is:  Controlling where line one of the PF appears on the actual printed output.  When you're trying to then take that printer file, and apply overlays and signatures to it to add graphics, this line spacing is quite critical.

Mohan,

To understand where the problem is, you could try the following commands:

• Use a CPYF to a new file. Is there such a thing as a blank line at the beginning of the file? CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/TEST1) and DSPPFM (MOHANLIB/TEST1)
• Use the QPRINT printer file instead of QSYSPRT

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 07:43 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 03:10 AM
From: Dominique Gayte
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 19, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver
------------------------------

Rob/Satid/Dominique,

I don't know where to go after CPYTOSTMF.

But there is a good news, one of my colleague has a solution.

I will need to check with him how he did it & I will come back & post it for the benefit of all our IBM community.

Well done Robert.

MOHAN, all you have to do is use the CPYTOSTMF proposed by Robert. 

When I copy the spool file created by QPRINT back to a disk file using the following command:

CRTPF ROB/SPOOL RCDLEN(132)

CPYSPLF FILE(QPRINT) TOFILE(ROB/SPOOL) SPLNBR(*LAST) CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL)

DSPPFM FILE(ROB/SPOOL)

You can see:

That 006 says to start at line 6.  Which explains your 5 blank lines.  The 1's and 3's are space afters.  This is how it compresses out the blank lines on DSPSPLF, DSPPFM, etc.

I do not see anything in OVRPRTF QPRINT to change this.  I tried playing with it a little with

OVRPRTF FILE(QPRINT) CHLVAL((2 (1)))

but that didn't seem to help.  And in my 37 years on this job that's probably the first time I ever tried the channel value parameter.

Dominique,

QPRINT was a great idea.  That doesn't have the headings, footers and sidebars.  However DSPSPLF doesn't match what you get on the actual printout.  For example, any lines that are blank or all spaces are not shown on DSPSPLF.  So I think I'm finally getting to what Mohan's issue is:  Controlling where line one of the PF appears on the actual printed output.  When you're trying to then take that printer file, and apply overlays and signatures to it to add graphics, this line spacing is quite critical.

Mohan,

To understand where the problem is, you could try the following commands:

• Use a CPYF to a new file. Is there such a thing as a blank line at the beginning of the file? CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/TEST1) and DSPPFM (MOHANLIB/TEST1)
• Use the QPRINT printer file instead of QSYSPRT

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 07:43 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 03:10 AM
From: Dominique Gayte
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

------------------------------
Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 19, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

------------------------------
Mohan Eashver
------------------------------

After speaking with my colleague, l have to mention this so we can put off further curiosity.

We had to change our overlay & the Data-Map to account for the 5 blank lines on the top of the spool file. 

We have to do this to regenerate Old & aged BOL's for which we only have a PF as a backup.

This is out of the ordinary & is not a normal way of applying Overlay's over a spool file. 

Thank you all for chiming in on this topic.

Have a great week!

Rob/Satid/Dominique,

I don't know where to go after CPYTOSTMF.

But there is a good news, one of my colleague has a solution.

I will need to check with him how he did it & I will come back & post it for the benefit of all our IBM community.

Well done Robert.

MOHAN, all you have to do is use the CPYTOSTMF proposed by Robert. 

When I copy the spool file created by QPRINT back to a disk file using the following command:

CRTPF ROB/SPOOL RCDLEN(132)

CPYSPLF FILE(QPRINT) TOFILE(ROB/SPOOL) SPLNBR(*LAST) CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL)

DSPPFM FILE(ROB/SPOOL)

You can see:

That 006 says to start at line 6.  Which explains your 5 blank lines.  The 1's and 3's are space afters.  This is how it compresses out the blank lines on DSPSPLF, DSPPFM, etc.

I do not see anything in OVRPRTF QPRINT to change this.  I tried playing with it a little with

OVRPRTF FILE(QPRINT) CHLVAL((2 (1)))

but that didn't seem to help.  And in my 37 years on this job that's probably the first time I ever tried the channel value parameter.

Dominique,

QPRINT was a great idea.  That doesn't have the headings, footers and sidebars.  However DSPSPLF doesn't match what you get on the actual printout.  For example, any lines that are blank or all spaces are not shown on DSPSPLF.  So I think I'm finally getting to what Mohan's issue is:  Controlling where line one of the PF appears on the actual printed output.  When you're trying to then take that printer file, and apply overlays and signatures to it to add graphics, this line spacing is quite critical.

Mohan,

To understand where the problem is, you could try the following commands:

• Use a CPYF to a new file. Is there such a thing as a blank line at the beginning of the file? CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/TEST1) and DSPPFM (MOHANLIB/TEST1)
• Use the QPRINT printer file instead of QSYSPRT

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Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 07:43 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hi Dominique,

There are no deleted records in the file & no empty lines in the file beginning of my file.

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Mohan Eashver

Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 20, 2023 03:10 AM
From: Dominique Gayte
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

I Mohan,

Are you sure there aren't 5 empty records (with blanks) at the beginning of the file ?

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Dominique Gayte

Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 19, 2023 08:07 AM
From: Mohan Eashver
Subject: Copy PF Member to a Spool File

Hello All,

I have a Physical File member & I need to convert it to a Spool File. 

Here are the steps I am taking.

First to create a printer file as below:

CRTPRTF FILE(MOHANLIB/Y) PAGESIZE(51 110) OVRFLW(41)

Then copy the PF to the Printer File as below:

CPYF FROMFILE(PFLIB/FILE1) TOFILE(MOHANLIB/Y)      

The spool file is successfully created.

But the spool file shows 5 blank lines, before it start showing the data from my Physical file.

In other words, the 1st row of the PF member shows on the 6th line of the Spool file. 

Why is this so ?

I have tried overriding to QSYSPRT & I get the same result :

Is there any solution for this ?

Thank you

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Mohan Eashver
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