*COMPAT PRTCTL Data Structure

Data Structure Positions

Subfield Contents

1

A one-position character field that contains the space-before value (valid entries: blank or 0-3)

2

A one-position character field that contains the space-after value (valid entries: blank or 0-3)

3-4

A two-position character field that contains the skip-before value (valid entries: blank, 1-99, A0-A9 for 100-109, B0-B2 for 110-112)

5-6

A two-position character field that contains the skip-after value (valid entries: blank, 1-99, A0-A9 for 100-109, B0-B2 for 110-112)

7-9

A three-digit numeric (zoned decimal) field with zero decimal positions that contains the current line count value.

The values contained in the first four subfields of the extended length data structure are the same as those allowed in positions 40 through 51 (space and skip entries) of the output specifications. If the space and skip entries (positions 40 through 51) of the output specifications are blank, and if subfields 1 through 4 are also blank, the default is to space 1 after. If the PRTCTL option is specified, it is used only for the output records that have blanks in positions 40 through 51. You can control the space and skip value (subfields 1 through 4) for the PRINTER file by changing the values in these subfields while the program is running.

Subfield 5 contains the current line count value. The ILE RPG compiler does not initialize subfield 5 until after the first output line is printed. The compiler then changes subfield 5 after each output operation to the file.