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New Report Added to Custom Report Program

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maalimsimo
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1/30/2019 8:51 PM

After adding a new report to an existing .rpt program, adding the $PRINTFILE XXXXX to the workdef, adding lines to OPEN OUTPUT XXXXX-FILE and CLOSE XXXXX-FILE to the PD, when I run a job I am getting the message "Unable to Open the Output File...". Subsequently, my attempt to write to the Print file results in a longish error message "No XRef for RptSub(3) to iXFFRef file - write ignored....".I probably missed a step somewhere but I am not sure what. Any ideas?

Ragu Raghavan
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1/30/2019 11:58 PM
Just out of curiosity, how is the file defined in workdef? print/seq/tape ?
maalimsimo
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1/31/2019 7:18 PM

I defined it as 'printer'

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1/31/2019 9:07 PM

I defined it as 'printer'

Jason Beard
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1/31/2019 9:09 PM

Did you create a whole new $REPORT section in the .rpt?  Your post seems to imply that you added the $PRINTFILE directive to an existing $REPORT section.

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maalimsimo
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2/1/2019 1:21 PM
Yes, I did. A wholly new fully defined report. rptgen run without any errors, full qcompile is error-free.
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2/1/2019 2:26 PM
Additional info: under batchanim, I can see that the program fails to build the full print file path "$LAWDIR/print///1/, when it calls "BldLocalFileName" USING CRT-PROGRAM-CODE, etc. within the 900-OPEN- procedure. It works well for the older print files.
Ragu Raghavan
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2/1/2019 2:34 PM
Sometimes it helps to delete any existing jobs and try a new one.
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2/1/2019 3:42 PM
You are absolutely right!!!! Deleted it, created a new one and voila! Thanks a bunch