OPNQRYF and ILE

February 16, 2005 Hey, Ted

I converted an RPG/400 program to ILE RPG, and now the OPNQRYF in the calling CL program no longer works. Doesn’t OPNQRYF work with ILE?

–Tracy

I have two interactive inquiries, and each one consists of a CL program that runs OPNQRYF, then calls an RPG program that loads a subfile and displays the results of the query. The user wants to be able to press a command key while in one inquiry screen to run the other inquiry. However, the call ends abnormally, sending message CPF4174 (Control language program INQPGM in library MYLIB detected an error at statement number

Remove Misleading Messages from Job Logs

February 16, 2005 Hey Ted

Job logs get too large in our shop, and it’s hard to find the information that helps us determine why a program went wrong. How can we reduce the size of our job logs? Specifically, how can we keep from writing messages that are not really errors? An example would be a CL command that we’ve monitored for that may or may not fail.

–Mitch

I understand your concern. I can think of a lot of more useful things to do with my time than wading through a job log of hundreds of pages. I am familiar with one application

Admin Alert: Making a Remote Output Queue Look Like a Printer Device

February 16, 2005 Joe Hertvik

There are two types of OS/400 and i5/OS printers: printer devices and remote output queues. In general, printer devices are used to define local printers that are either directly attached to or are controlled from an AS/400, iSeries, or i5 box (such as iSeries access printers and locally attached printers), while remote output queues are spooling writers that send OS/400 spool output to a printer located on a remote system. Each device type serves a different function, and both types are started by different OS/400 commands.

Although remote output queues are necessary constructs when dealing with off-system printers, a problem