Start Printing by PRTPFDDTA

To start printing with command PRTPFDDTA (print a database file member) from

the AS/400 main menu or Command Entry screen, type PRTPFDDTA at the command

|line on the display and press the F4 key. This command allows you to print using
|a PFD with a batch job or submit the print job from a CL program.
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MAIN AS/4ðð Main Menu
System: SYSTNAME
Select one of the following:
1. User tasks
2. Office tasks
3. General system tasks
4. Files, libraries, and folders
5. Programming
6. Communications
7. Define or change the system
8. Problem handling
9. Display a menu
1ð. Information Assistant options
11. Client Access/4ðð tasks
9ð. Sign off
Selection or command
===> PRTPFDDTA
F3=Exit F4=Prompt F9=Retrieve F12=Cancel F13=Information Assistant
F23=Set initial menu
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The following command prompt appears:

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Print PFD Data (PRTPFDDTA)
Type choices, press Enter.
PFD file . . . . . . . . . . . . NAME
Library . . . . . . . . . . . \LIBL NAME, \LIBL, \CURLIB
PFD definition . . . . . . . . . \FIRST NAME, \FIRST
Database file . . . . . . . . . \PFD NAME, \PFD
Library . . . . . . . . . . . NAME, \LIBL, \CURLIB
Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . \FIRST NAME, \FIRST
Include grid . . . . . . . . . . \NO \YES, \NO
Record selection . . . . . . . . \YES \YES, \NO
Ending page . . . . . . . . . . \END 1-9999, \END
| Source drawer . . . . . . . . . \PFD 1-255, \PFD, \E1
Output bin . . . . . . . . . . . \DEVD 1-65535, \DEVD
Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . \PFD 1-255, \PFD
Output queue . . . . . . . . . . \JOB NAME, \JOB
Library . . . . . . . . . . . NAME, \LIBL, \CURLIB
| Form definition . . . . . . . . \PFD NAME, \PFD, \DEVD, \INLINE
|Library . . . . . . . . . . . NAME, \LIBL, \CURLIB
Bottom
F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F12=Cancel F13=How to use this display
F24=More keys
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See page 208 through 212 for more information.

Chapter 12. Print Database File Member 215