DOS printing from FP menu

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 06:49P Tue Oct 04 2005, Kenneth Brody wrote:

> Quoting Jim Asman (Tue,  4 Oct 2005 15:42:10 -0700):
> 
> >
> > The command...
> >
> > print /d:\\servername\sharname filename
> >
> > prints fine when entered via a command prompt or as part of a batch file
> > run from a command prompt.
> >
> > Put the same command into a filepro menu, scipt, or a system call from
> > processing, and nothing prints and nothing is spooled.
> >
> > This is fpodbc 1.0.13 on a win2003 server.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this before?
> 
> What if you add a "pause" in the batch file after the line?  Do you
> get any errors/warnings?

It says that "print" is NOT a valid command ... jada jada ???
I don't know then why print is not recognized from the menu.
> 
> Is there any reason you can't do this instead?
> 
>     copy /b filename \\servername\sharename

YESSSS!!!! That does work, and in fact does show up in the
printer's queue. Is there any danger using the copy command
in terms of file collision at the printer?


Jim 
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