Printer selection

Richard Kreiss rkreiss at verizon.net
Wed Dec 22 13:26:12 PST 2010


I using a different printer after sending the first email and found that the
new report defaulted to filePro's default printer and not the one selected.

Now I need to see why my -p option didn't work.

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Richard Kreiss
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 4:18 PM
> To: 'Walter Vaughan'; 'filePro'
> Subject: RE: Printer selection
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com]
> > On Behalf Of Walter Vaughan
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 4:03 PM
> > To: filePro
> > Subject: Re: Printer selection
> >
> > Richard Kreiss wrote:
> >
> > >If one has -pq on the command line allowing a user to select a
> > >printer when the report runs, and a second report is kicked off at
> > >@done, will that report be printed to the printer selected at the
start?
> > >
> > <mode=voice_of_kb>
> > What happened when <b>you</b> tried it?
> > </mode>
> >
> > :-)
> 
> 1. Found that @pr hold the current printer.
> 
> 2. If I do a system command with the -p option set, the report doesn't
print.
> Remove the -p option and it prints.
> 	Pr="\""{@pr{"\""
> 	Sz="-r"{sl and other variable to be passed to sel_new
> 
> 	Sy=dreport foobar -f new_report -v sel_new -a -id"<sz<"-p"<pr  (no -
> p and the report prints.
> 
> I checked @pr after removing the -p option in sel_new and it was the
> previously selected printer.
> 
> Richard
> 
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