Need a variable printer name for DOS/Windows filePro

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard D. Williams [mailto:richard at appgrp.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 2:36 PM
> To: Richard Kreiss
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Need a variable printer name for DOS/Windows filePro
> 
> Top Post.
> 
> That is why I did not include them using the mid command.
> 
> I could have used an edit I call nocolon        { !":"! | * }
> 
> Richard

Or one could :
Tm=xlate(@tm,":","") to remove the colons.

Richard Kreiss



> 
> On 3/29/2013 3:52 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> > Top post.
> >
> > Windows may burp on the colons in @tm.
> >
> > Richard
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Mar 29, 2013, at 4:21 PM, "Richard D. Williams" <richard at appgrp.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> Try this.
> >>
> >> if  : fa eq ""
> >> then:
> >>
> dd(8,yymd)=@TD;tm(6)""{mid(@TM,"1","2"){mid(@TM,"4","2"){mid(@TM,"7",
> >> "2");fa(50,,g)="/appl/fpmerge/"{dd{tm;printer
> >> file (fa)
> >>
> >>
> >> Don't forget to issue the printer reset command when you are done.
> >> i.e
> >>
> >> @DONE if:
> >>                then: printer reset
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >>
> >> Richard
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3/29/2013 8:28 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote:
> >>>       In define printers for the Windows version of filePro 5.0.14 running
> on Windows 7 (no Unix involved), in Define Printers, is there any way to
> create a unique output file name based on %TIME% or some other Windows
> system variable?
> >>>
> >>>                     ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
> 5.0.14DN9
> >>>                     │ P R I N T E R   M A I N T E N A N C E                                   │
> >>>                     └───────────────────────────────────────┘
> >>>       --Name--  --Type--  --Destination File---            ------------Comment---------
> ---
> >>>     1 USB      ◄ DUMB         ◄ WIN:Dell968                               ◄ Laser Printer
> ◄
> >>>     2 prn       ◄ PAN1695    ◄ LPT1                                           ◄ Panasonic
> Printer              ◄
> >>> *  3 file_it ◄ NOCODES  ◄ print\PrintThis%time%> Send the output to a file
> ◄
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Mike Schwartz
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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