Would this work?
set v vPrinter = 'hplaser1'
prnsetup &vprinter
out printer
print report
out screen
Ben Petersen
On 3 Jan 2002, at 21:05, Fred Antrobus wrote:
> I am printing a report using R:Base 6.5++ to a printer other than the one
> set to the "default" windows printer in windows
>
> The following works:
>
> prnsetup 'hplaser1'
> out printer
> print report
> out screen
>
> After doing this I want to set a variable to reflect the changed setting.
>
> This does not work.
>
> Set v vPrinterDirected text = (Cval('CurrentPrinter'))
>
> This sets the variable to the windows "default" printer when R:Base
> was started ot he one that I was just set in the command file.
>
> Is there another cval keyword or is there another way to "know" where the
> output is routed to without watching the paper spit out of the printer??
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred Antrobus
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (425) 235-7796
>
>
>
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