Output Format Data

[John Esak]

1)
If by output format data you mean the results of running an output on your
data ... Then use the -p "filename" option on the command line  or on a menu
command line. What would have been printed will now go into the file. It
would be important to pick a print table like NOCODES so the control codes
that change fonts and such don't appear in the file as well.


2)
If you mean by output format data, the actual format itself. You can also do
something like...


Dmoedef filename -p "filename"

When in dmoedef, pick the file and then (H)ardcopy it. The format will go
into that file specified.


3)
If you mean the unthinkable... Dumping the actual output format layout
itself in all its binarial (is that a word?) glory. You can use the
READOUTPUT() function to show you just about everything there is to know
about an output format.  In this case, put the output of the function into a
variable and print that with another output format holding just aht
variable, or an array of variables. Or, heck, maybe just print it as a MEMO
with the MEMO xx PRINT function.


John Esak




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> m] On Behalf Of Rodgers Hemer
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> Subject: Output Format Data
> 
> SCO/fP5.6.10
> 
> Is there any way to extract the contents of an output format 
> to a text editor such as vi/vim?  It's easy to insert a file 
> into the format but there does not seem to be a function to 
> extract/save.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Rodgers Hemer
> 206.523.2329
> r.hemer at w-link.net
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