Hi Ed,
dataperfect.nl seems to be down, indeed...
You may try Bruce Conrad's site:
http://www.sanbachs.net/compusofl/download.html
Please note: the links are password-protected!
"If you have any problems downloading from this page or the FTP sites,
please contact me, Bruce Conrad, and I will make every attempt to make
these files available for you."...
Regards,
Geert
On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 05:33:48 +0100, Ed Marfil, MU
<[email protected]> wrote:
Does any one know where I can download the DP Utilities like DPORDER,
etc? The links in the DP website no longer works.
Thanks.
Ed.
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From: Tim Rude <[email protected]>Date: 3/1/17 8:20 PM (GMT-08:00)To:
Robert Kendall <[email protected]>Cc: 'DataPerfect Users Discussion
Group' <[email protected]>Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Can I use a
report variable in a printer control code?
Robert,
The margin codes DPSpool uses are the old WP4.2 codes. The left margin
code specifies the width in increments of characters. The top margincode
specifies the height in half-lines. So micro-positioning is limitedto
the resolution of the character width and line height of the font in
effect when the margin codes are processed. In other words, if the font
is Courier 12 point (which is 10 CPI, 6 LPI), the left margin resolution
is 1/10" (0.1") since each character is that wide, and the top margin
resolution is 1/12" (0.0833") since that's half the height of a line.
To get finer resolution, however, you can set the font size to verysmall
just before the margin codes. Then set it back your desired sizeafter
the margin codes. For instance, if you set the font to Courier 6pt(which
equates to 20 CPI and 12 LPI), that makes your left marginresolution now
1/20" (0.05") and your top margin resolution 1/24"(0.04167"). If you
need finer resolution, set the font size evensmaller. Once the margins
are established using the font in effect atthat time, they don't change
even if the font size changes later.
So yes, it's again doable. Does it sound like a pain in the neck? You
betcha. But it's what there is. You like a challenge, don't you? :)
Tim Rude
On 3/1/2017 2:39 PM, Robert Kendall wrote:
Thanks Tim!
Can I use this alt-number code method to move the margin a few
hundredths of an inch?
Robert
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On Feb 27, 2017, at 11:50 AM, Tim Rude <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Robert,
It's doable but can be tricky. There is a ;;V field format print
modifier that tells DP to not 'escape' control codes so that you can
pass printer codes stored in an RV.
When doing this, you have to remember that numbers shown in a printer
control string as <num> are actually converted by DP to the ASCII
character represented by num. So if you had <3> in a printer control
string, DP is actually going to output ASCII code 3 (which is a heart
♥), not an actual '3' (which is ASCII code 51). When you're formulating
your printer control code inside a RV, you don't use the < >, you have
to actually use the ASCII codes. So instead of <3> you have to type the
actual heart character (by holding Alt and typing 3 on the numeric
keypad). One issue with this is that there's no way to pass <0> since
you can't type ASCII code zero from the keyboard. So hopefully that
won't be a character vital to your code.
Here's an example:
Suppose you want to ask the user how many characters wide the left
margin should be, and then send the code for their choice. You would
need something like this (hopefully the ASCII chars will come through
in
this message):
---Prompt for RV:1--- (format G9 or N9 to allow number 0 to 9 to be
entered)
---Printer Control String: <192><0><0><0><0><192>--- (default setting
of
no margin)
---Store Value in RV2:--- (build the code)
if rv1 <> 0 then
cat.c["└☺☺";
rv1 cases
case cv=1 of "☺" endof
case cv=2 of "☻" endof
case cv=3 of "♥" endof
case cv=4 of "♦" endof
case cv=5 of "♣" endof
case cv=6 of "♠" endof
case cv=7 of "•" endof
case cv=8 of "◘" endof
case cv=9 of "○" endof
endcases;
"☺└"]
else
""
endif
---Print RV2 with format A6;;V--- (don't try using A0A0;;V, it won't
work)
A couple of things to note: (1) Since we can't generate a <0> code
inside the RV, I first send the Printer Control Code to set the left
margin to zero. That way if the user entered 0 it gets set. If the user
entered anything other than 0, the code will be built inside the RV and
will end up overriding the first one. (2) Inside the rv, since we can't
generate a <0> I used the equivalent of a <1> ☺. It doesn't matter
there
because those codes are ignored by DPSpool.
Have fun!
Tim
On 2/26/2017 8:45 AM, Robert Kendall wrote:
I use DPSpool to print labels on 80 labels/sheet forms. Sometimes a
box of labels will be shifted a little vertically or horizontally. I
>usual change my printer control margin parameters to adjust for
this. But is there some way I could make the adjustments at the time
I >run the labels report using a Prompt for Report Variable?
Robert Kendall
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