Put your output to a file, and then print the file. Instead of: out printer print somereport out screen
Do: out temprep.$$$ print somereport out screen out printer type temp.$$$ out screen Troy ===== Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 10/10/02 10:03 am >I am using 4.5++ DOS version on XP. (we are working on rewriting our >applications and converting to 6.5 Win ). I can print from R:base to my >printer. My problem is it keeps releasing the report to the printer >sometimes line by line. A report that should be 1 page ends up being 4 >pages with just a few lines on each page. I have increased the wait time >in rbase,cfg to 300 without much help. Does anyone know a way around this >or an optimum wait time so the report is released all at one time? > >Kyle. > >At 08:17 PM 10/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>Tom - >> >>You have to issue the NET USE statement to be able to recognize LPT1 on >>Win2k and XP - here is the blurb from my own personal cheat-sheet for one >>client: >> >> 1.. Click on the Start menu. >> 2.. Select Run and click on it. >> 3.. In the text box labeled Open type "cmd.exe". >> 4.. Once the command prompt window appears, type "c:". >> 5.. Then type "cd \" which should send you to the root directory. >> 6.. Type the following line: >>Net Use lpt1 \\<compname>\<networkdevice> >> >> i.e. net use lpt1 \\sms_3\NEC >> >> i.e. net use lpt1 \\ksopprt01\ksopprt29p >> >>NET USE LPT1 \\WORKSTATION1\HPDeskJet970 >> >> This will set the printer to lpt1 and allow you to print from a >>dos program. If you >> >> would like to double check to see that the command was >>successful just type >> >> Net Use at the next dos prompt and verify the path following >>lpt1. >> >> >>Sami >> >>----------------------------------------------------------- >>Sami Aaron >>Software Management Specialists >>19312 W 63rd Terr >>Shawnee KS 66218 >>913-915-1971 >>http://www.softwaremgmt.com >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Tom Grimshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:50 PM >>Subject: Re: Dos Version on XP >> >> >> > G'day Dick, >> > >> > Did you get this to work in the end? >> > >> > I was rung yesterday by a network specialist who looks >> > after a client for whom I wrote an app in 4.5++. The >> > client has just installed Win2k or XP and cannot print >> > from that box to a printer physically connected to an >> > NT server. >> > >> > He downloaded two or three MS knowledgebase articles >> > and fiddled for two hours to no avail. >> > >> > At 16:33 11/09/02 -0500, you wrote: >> > >Just had to do it... Dell had such a deal on New Machines today I bought >> > >5... Now have to figure out how to run my old DOS app on XP. >> > > >> > >Is anybody doing it sucessfully? >> > >> > Warmest regards, >> > >> > >> > Tom Grimshaw >> > coy: Just For You Software >> > tel: 612 9552 3311 >> > fax: 612 9566 2164 >> > mobile: 0414 675 903 >> > >> > post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia >> > street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 >> > >> > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > web: www.just4usoftware.com.au >> > >> > "... the control of impulse -- is the first principle of civilization."-- >> > Will Durant, >> > Pulitzer Prize winning philosopher, writer and historian >> > >> > the most needed product in the world can be found at >> > www.thewaytohappiness.org >> > >> > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the >> > intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email >> > inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not >> > disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. 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