Re: DW\'s
DW's consist of a procedure which calls a program that accepts pre-defined
(in a table) parameters, passes them to another program which does the
selections from the files, and then passes the selected and sorted file to a
final program which is typically, but not always, a customized print
program. These procedures can be cloned to do what ever you want and we have
modified and/or created and a good many of them. Also, the DW selection
parameters are available in a field in the CL (which is too small and many
times needs to be expanded) and can be read into the program processing the
output. This is a very useful feature when the final program needs to use
the input selections to tailor its usage of the input file. The whole set is
a very complex chain of CL and RPG programs and requires a programmer's
skill with both CL and RPG to modify and make work.
We have done quite a few of these for our clients and find that the DW set
is very useful tool when the standard tools are inadequate.
Gerry Parker
PMK Consulting Group, Inc.
Information Technology Consulting
Tel: 713-621-7521 Fax: 713-661-7749
[email protected]
www.pmkc.com
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From: "Gary_Gallant" <
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: RE: DW's
| DW's are programs so unless there is a processing option to produce an
output
| file, you cannot have it go to an outfile. You can have a logical file be
| created on the system. On the Additional Parameters screen of DREAMWriter
| there is a File Output Type filed. It's default is 1 for open query file,
but
| you can enter a 4 in it to create and keep a logical file. This will give
you
| a logical file of the data selected.
|
| Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but I hope it helps.
|
| Gary
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