Bernie,
Can you use a NET USE command from a DOS prompt? If so, then
R:Base can issue the NET USE command, too. Be sure the dot matrix
printer is "shared," and figure out what its share name is. Then the
command would be something like:
NET USE lpt1: \\computername\sharename
>From R:Base, it could be something like:
SET VAR vCommandProcessor = (ENVVAL('COMSPEC'))
SET VAR vCommandLine = +
('NET USE LPT1: \\computername\sharename')
SET VAR vWholeCommand =
('ZIP' & .vCommandProcessor & '/C' & .vCommandLine)
&vWholeCommand
If it's a Novell network, you could try the CAPTURE command instead
of NET USE, but NET USE sometimes works on Novell, too.
Bill
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:35:32 -0500, Bernard Lis wrote:
>Customer switches back and forth between quickbooks and rbase.
>when in qb he uses a cannon bubble jet which is a windows printer.
>Then when switching to rbase he uses a printronix dot matrix printer.
>In order to use the dot matrix, he has to eliminate the bubble jet icon
in settings, printers or else the dot matrix prints garbage. Then when
he wants to use qb, he has to reinstall the bubble jet. (he uses an a/b
switch to go back and forth)
>In rbase the printer is defined as "none" I have set up generic printer
in windows but I can't switch the default to it. It would be nice if
prnsetup would work from dos.
>
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