filePro and symbols

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 12:32A Tue Jun 17 2008, George wrote:

> What do you mean by a "user defined symbol set"?
> Is there any way to put a print code (or its equivalent) into a dummy field
> and have filePro understand that it is a print code and not just characters?

While you can't put a printcode as such into a dummy field, you can
very easily put the contents of a printcode into a dummy field.

Consider...

aa=chr("27"){"(579LJ"{chr("27"){"(10U"{""

The pcl code simply changes symbol set to wingdings (579L), prints "J"
which is mapped to a smiley in windings, and then returns to PC-8.

In processing you would then have to "splice" aa into your printing
variable.

As I said earlier, it is possible to create a downloadable symbol set
whereby you could map a smiley, let's say to a "~", and then whenever
you wanted a smiley you would simply enter a tilde.

I haven't looked at this for 15 years, but it is possible.


Jim 
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