Need a variable printer name for DOS/Windows filePro

[Kenneth Brody]

On 3/29/2013 9:28 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      ◄

Well, ignoring the fact that "%time%" would make an invalid filename, the 
ability to expand environment variables in the printer destination column on 
pmaint is not available in 5.0.  You could use "PRINTER FILE" within 
processing, of course.

-- 
Kenneth Brody