Hey there :) Regarding SETPTR... I'd like to store a currently logged-in user's printer settings (GETPTR?), change them for the output of a report(SETPTR), and then restore them (SETPTR again?). All of my previous attempts at this have been unsuccessful -- could somebody point me in the right direction, please? I've read the documentation for both and I feel like I'm missing something.
I'm also not sure if this should be on this list, or the SBS list... ^_^ --JJ On 3/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Haskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23 Mar 2006 19:46:16 -0800 > > > If I generate a report to _HOLD_ by using "SETPTR 0,,,,,3" can I > > then send the report to another printer, say unit 2, by using > > "SETPTR 2" just before I "SPOOL _HOLD_ P_....."? > > The first parameter of the SETPTR command allows a unit to be specified so > that you can direct data to multiple print jobs. It does not tie a job to > a specific printer. The DEST parameter does that. > > The SPOOL command sends the job to your current printer, so you would need > to use the DEST parameter on a SETPTR command first to select your printer. > > I use the first parameter to control print jobs in my check printing > routine. I issue a SETPTR 1,... for the checks and a SETPTR 2,... for the > copies. The code creates the print jobs in parallel using PRINT ON 1 or > PRINT ON 2 to direct the output to the appropriate job. Naturally, I use > FOR PTR = 1 TO 2 ; PRINT ON PTR ; NEXT PTR syntax to do most of the work. > > From TCL, if you type SETPTR with no parameters, you will see the current > settings. Here's my current output (AIX): > > Unit 0 > Width 133 > Length 65 > Top margin 0 > Bot margin 0 > Mode 1 > > Options are: > Noeject > Nfmt > Nhead > Nomessage > Destination 1ACCT > Copies 1. > > Spooler & options: lp -c -n1 -d1ACCT > > The original command was > > SETPTR 0,133,65,0,0,1,NFMT,NOEJECT,NOMESSAGE,DEST 1ACCT,COPIES 1,NHEAD > > For a Hold & Suppress (Mode 3) or Hold & Print (Mode 6), I typically > replace NHEAD with a BANNER or BANNER UNIQUE tag to control the job name in > the _HOLD_ file. > > --Tom Pellitieri > Century Equipment > Toledo, Ohio > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
