The lp: ERROR: No (or empty) input files. message

[Nancy Palmquist]

Scott,

I do the following to avoid this.

I start the job with the output going to a file or null device - depends 
on os which works best.

I select the printer during SCAN Processing.  This is before the output 
stream is opened.

This seems to work best for both Unix and Windows Platforms. Changing or 
redirecting in INPUT processing is still a bit weird.
Nancy

On 8/20/2013 10:54 AM, Scott Nelson wrote:
> This is more of an annoyance, and just one more thing that confuses
> 'users'.
>
> I some of my output processing, I give the choice of printing or
> exporting a report.  After the user selects, I use the command 'printer
> file ' and select a file name for the print job.  This command on the
> line immediately shows the message '  lp: ERROR: No (or empty) input
> files '.
>
> I do not see a way to prevent this message from appearing on the
> screen.  I am not sure why this would even appear at this point since
> this is before any records have been processed.
>
> Has anyone seen a way to prevent this message, or a different work around?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
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