checking HP Variables

[Martin McDonough]

Nice one Joe, 

But not everyone can afford to have powerhouse development on their live
machine.

Martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Boyle, Joe [SMTP:Joe.Boyle@cognos.com]
> Sent:	08 November 2001 11:31
> To:	'Scott Gates'; 'Powerh-L (E-mail)
> Subject:	RE: checking HP Variables
> 
> Hi Scott, 
> 
> you could try playing around with the go/nogo options, example below, 
> 
> quiz 
> >exec yourquiz.qzc nogo 
> >set report device ...otherprinter... 
> >page heading ...other heading... 
> >go 
> 
> the old quiz would then run with the revised settings for this run only. 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Scott Gates [ <mailto:SGates@olbh.com>] 
> Sent: 07 November 2001 21:49 
> To: 'Powerh-L (E-mail) 
> Subject: checking HP Variables 
> 
> 
> I have some QUIZ code that checks to see if it's running on an HP or not. 
> 
> @IF HPMPE OR HPMPEXL 
>   USE MARS152U NOLIST 
> @ELSE 
>   USE ALT$DATA:MARS152U.DAT NOLIST 
> @ENDIF 
> 
> I was wondering.  I need to check HPSTREAMEDBY[1:5] = "TRANS" 
> If it is TRUE, direct a 2nd copy of the quiz report with a different
> heading 
> to another printer. 
> 
> Would code similar to the above do it? 
> Say something like: 
> @IF HPSTREAMEDBY = "TRANS" 
> DEFINE HEADERSTR CHAR* 30 = <blah.blah> 
> :FILE QUIZLIST;DEV=<blah> 
> @ENDIF 
>    
> Is this DOABLE within QUIZ? 
> 
> The job is generated on the fly by the application and I can't change the 
> JCL. I can only change the code it calls to generate the QUIZ report.  
> There are several other changes also needed but, I'm trying to investigate
> 
> this before I can even make judgment on whether or not it's even worth 
> trying.  
> 
> 
> 
> Scott Gates 
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