Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ

[Latimer, Richard]

Al,

we have 6.07 on AS400 and I can't reproduce your problem . . . 

Do you get the same result if you run it to the display rather than to disk
? ?  (I do for what it's worth!)


cheers
Richard



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Karman, Al [SMTP:AKarman@USFreightways.com]
> Sent:	Friday, January 05, 2001 10:27 AM
> To:	'powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu'
> Subject:	RE: Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ
> 
> Ron,
> 
> Tried it, and got the same, nasty results....
> 
> Thanks anyway!
> 
> 
> Al Karman
> IT Consultant
> US Freightways 
> akarman@usfreightways.com
> 773.824.2284
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Olenic [mailto:ROlenic@spectra-inc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:14 PM
> To: 'powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu'
> Subject: RE: Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ
> 
> 
> Hi Al!
> 
> I have a guess!
> 
> Your sysdate is at tab 161 for a picture of 8.  This would put it at col
> 168.  If you have not set nospace, QUIZ will reserve two spaces at the end
> of the report line.  That would force your date to wrap.  Try the same
> report with set nospace.
> 
> 
> Ron Olenic
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Spectra-inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karman, Al [mailto:AKarman@USFreightways.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:45 PM
> To: powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> Subject: Possible 'undocumented' feature in QUIZ
> 
> 
> Greetings to the list.....
> 
> I came across something interesting and am curious if others have had the
> same experience.
> 
> In QUIZ (PH8.29D) on my trusty HP 3000 937/LX running MPE/iX 6.0 pp0....
>   (Oh Yeah, I'm Running For Power Patches Right Now....!)
> 
> I SET REP DEV DISK, and SET PAGE WIDTH 169.
> 
> When I try to REPORT .....TAB 161 SYSDATE PIC '^^^^^^^^' &
> 				TAB 169 '1'
> 
> My record[161:9] = '2        '
> 
>    => YET <=
> 
> When I SET PAGE WIDTH 170
> My record[161:9] = '200101041'
> 
> I welcome any information on this....
> 
> Thanks In Advance!
> 
> Al Karman
> IT Consultant
> US Freightways 
> akarman@usfreightways.com
> 773.824.2284
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