Re: SQR going away in PeopleSoft 8?

[Al H <star111lists@MINDSPRING.COM>]

This is an example of the resilience of old technology.  PeopleSoft
developed their include structures for versions of SQR that had little
if any device independence with respect to printing.  And with all the
code in place, its hard to get away from it.  Especially since we tend
to clone existing programs for new development.

With the advent of PS 8, this may change. Since reports are now more
and more being designed for viewing on line, they need to be designed
to be more device independent. But old habits are hard to change :)


On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:22:04 -0500, you wrote:

>Donna, Sam,
>
>This points to a frustration that I've had with the PS include
>files.
>
>By itself, SQR attempts to be as device-independent as possible.
>Whenever I write a report, I avoid using features that tie me
>to a particular printer.  If I can get away with it, I simply
>use features that are compatible with -printer:lp.  If my report
>needs font sizes, charts, barcodes, boxes, precise placement on
>non-character-sized grid, etc., then I use the SQR features which
>support doing these things in a device-independent way.  On those
>rare occasions where I need to use PRINT-DIRECT (for vertical text
>or switching printer trays), I often code things for both PS and
>HP printers.  There have been very few situations where I have
>had to code something for a particular printer.
>
>In PS land, however, the standard include files force certain
>escape sequences into the output file.  These are specific to
>HP printers, unfortunately.
>
>Donna, is this the device-dependence of which you speak?
>
>Ray
>