Thanks Dan, here is the code: 001 PROMPT '' 002 ID = "1.TXT" 003 DIRECTORY = 'D:\tmp' 004 OPENSEQ DIRECTORY:"\":ID TO S.FILE ELSE NULL 005 * 006 LOOP 007 NUMCHARS = SYSTEM(14) 008 WHILE NUMCHARS DO 009 INPUT LINE,NUMCHARS 010 LINE := CHAR(13) 011 WRITESEQ LINE ON S.FILE ELSE NULL 012 REPEAT 013 WEOFSEQ S.FILE ELSE NULL 014 CLOSESEQ S.FILE
On Nov 24, 2:31 pm, Daniel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Post your code and I will show you the error of your ways ;-) > > Dan > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:22 PM, CLIF <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Dan, adding the check for system(14) didn't work either but it > > did point me to where the problem is, although I still don't know how > > to correct it. The problem is system(14) always returns a zero which > > tells me the spooler is not outputting to the stdout which is why > > nothing gets put in the stdin. > > > On Nov 24, 5:36 am, Daniel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The spooler is not going to set idle (why does this word come up all > >> the time ;-) ) waiting for your program to terminate > > >> It doesn't matter HOW you do your input. The code first needs to check > >> to see if there is anything TO input. Otherwise you will get that > >> error. > > >> If you are still having problems, post the code. > > >> Dan > > >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:36 PM, CLIF <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Yes Dan thats what I thought also but I tried an INPUT,1 and had the > >> > same result. > > >> > On Nov 23, 6:15 pm, Daniel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Clif, > > >> >> The error is occurring because you are not telling the program when to > >> >> stop accepting INPUT from the spooler. > > >> >> Take a look at the code in this > >> >> thread...http://markmail.org/message/ksjcvsdbvdkokpzw > > >> >> The important part of the program is where it checks SYSTEM(14) to see > >> >> if the spooler is finished. > > >> >> The part where it builds up and executes the 'cmd' variable is > >> >> probably not pertinent for your needs, but the rest of the program can > >> >> be used to redirect spooler output to a file by capturing the spooled > >> >> output a line-at-a-time and writing it to a sequential file. > > >> >> Does that help? > > >> >> Dan > > >> >> "Rome was not built in a day, but then I was not on that job!" > > >> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:42 PM, CLIF <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > Thanks Dan I did search through previous postings for "Spooler" before > >> >> > I posted. I didn't see anything that addresses this particular error. > >> >> > What I did find was how to create a program that the spooler will pass > >> >> > input to which I can successfully do based on what I wrote below. The > >> >> > problem seems to be with my program receiving the input via the INPUT > >> >> > or IN statement documented below. > > >> >> > On Nov 23, 10:19 am, Daniel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Usehttp://jbase.markmail.organdsearchfor'spooler'. The answer is > >> >> >> there. > > >> >> >> Dan > > >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:10 PM, CLIF <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> > jBASE 3.4 > >> >> >> > Windows 2000 > > >> >> >> > I created a very simple spooler program that receives input from > >> >> >> > the > >> >> >> > spooler and writes it to a directory file. I create the FORMQUEUE > >> >> >> > with: > > >> >> >> > SP-CREATE F1 PROG PRINT.PROG > > >> >> >> > Here is the code for PRINT.PROG > > >> >> >> > 001 INCLUDE JBC.h > >> >> >> > 002 ID = "1.TXT" > >> >> >> > 003 DIRECTORY = 'D:\tmp' > >> >> >> > 004 OPENSEQ DIRECTORY:"\":ID TO S.FILE ELSE NULL > >> >> >> > 005 * > >> >> >> > 006 INPUT LINE,1 > >> >> >> > 007 LINE := CHAR(13) > >> >> >> > 008 WRITESEQ LINE ON S.FILE ELSE NULL > >> >> >> > 009 WEOFSEQ S.FILE ELSE NULL > >> >> >> > 010 CLOSESEQ S.FILE > > >> >> >> > Here is the error I'm getting from the spooler when I do a: > >> >> >> > SP-ASSIGN F1 > >> >> >> > LIST PART (P > > >> >> >> > jBASE despooler for FORMQUEUE F1 > >> >> >> > Started at 12:55:32 20 NOV 2009 > >> >> >> > Starting Job 13 to PRINT.PROG > >> >> >> > ** Error [ STDIN ] ** > >> >> >> > Error getting input from STDIN , errno = 0 > >> >> >> > Line 6 , Source PRINT.PROG.b > >> >> >> > Completed > > >> >> >> > I know the PRINT.PROG program runs and can write to the file > >> >> >> > because > >> >> >> > if I change line 6 to LINE="TEST", it does write the string TEST to > >> >> >> > 1.txt. It looks like it might be a permissions issue but this is on > >> >> >> > development system which has admin rights on everything. 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