PROBABLY SOLVED: PRINTER NAME variable?

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Wed Feb 20 15:36:21 PST 2008


On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 05:31:32PM -0500, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:14:52 -0500):
> >On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 04:46:55PM -0500, Brian K. White wrote:
> >>Haven't tried that exactly, but one thing I'd do is ensure no leading
> >>or trailing spaces, same as when you use a variable for the form. If
> >                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>lp is undefined and comes from getenv, probably aren't any spaces
> >>anyways.
> >
> >My command was
> >
> >form barcode
> >
> >not
> >
> >form "barcode".
> 
> And, coincidentally, you have a variable called "barcode".

In fact I do not have one; I never declare long variable names; I don't
believe there are any arrays in the code either.  [searches]

As my memory lead me to believe, the string 'barcode' appears *one
place* in that table; in the FORM command.

So... *why* didn't I get a runtime error, if not a syntax error?

Cheers,
-- jra
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