Example: Apply OVRPRTF with *PRTF

 

You can apply the OVRPRTF command to all printer files by specifying *PRTF as the file name. The OVRPRTF command with *PRTF is applied if there is no other override for the printer file name at the same call level.

The following example shows how *PRTF works: Figure 1. An example of the OVRPRTF command and the *PRTF parameter. The figure gives an example of the OVRPRTF command and the *PRTF parameter.

Override 1    OVRPRTF FILE(OUTPUT) COPIES(6) +

                            LPI(6)
Override 2    OVRPRTF FILE(*PRTF) COPIES(1) +
                            LPI(8)
                  CALL PGM(X) When program X opens the file OUTPUT, the opened file has the following attributes:

COPIES(6)

From Override 1

LPI(6)

From Override 1

When program X opens the file PRTOUT (or any printer file other than OUTPUT), the opened file has the following attributes:

COPIES(1)

From Override 2

LPI(8)

From Override 2

 

Parent topic:

Usage of a generic override for printer files