Fw: printer file "name" - problem

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Dennis Malen (Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:43:12 -0500):
[...]
> Is there any way to override in  "rreport" format a printer that is
> defined?
> Ken will ask me what is defined mean! The printer is defined in Extended
> Function under Options.

You can use the PRINTER commands in processing to override the value set
in the output format.

> The processing below does not do it. Ken will ask
> me, "Do what?". It does not allow the ASCII file to be written to the
> disk.

How, exactly, does it "not allow" the file to be written?  What does it
do instead?

[...]
> > Then: pa(1,*,g)
> >   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> > If: pa=""
> > Then: PUTENV "FPONEHEAD","on"
> >   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> > If: pa=""
> > Then: printer type "nocodes"
> >   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> > If: pa=""
> > Then:  printer file "/tmp/dailydep"
> >  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> >
> > Then:pa="p";end
> >  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> > @done" If:
> > Then: system "cat /tmp/dailydep|pg";end

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