 Default printer for EZTYP/EZVUE
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11 Jan 08 12:56 PM
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We use Ashell on Linux(Red Hat). We always display printout with EZTYP. User, then, have an option to just preview report or print it. When user decides to print it, is there a way with EZTYP to default printer so user does not have to think about printer name (and specify the wrong printer)?
I'd like to be able to specify default printer for EZTYP in my program, based on the data in report (so different reports could go to different printers, based on report, user, loc, division etc.)?
I can see, currently, that EZTYP allows only one parameter (file name). Please let me know if you have solution for this.
Thanks,
Miro
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Re: Default printer for EZTYP/EZVUE
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11 Jan 08 01:54 PM
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Jack McGregor
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One approach would be to activate the SBR=EZPRTX switch in the miame.ini. In that case, EZTYP will XCALL EZPRTX, FSPEC, SPAGE, EPAGE, STATUS at the point where it would otherwise have prompted you for the printer name. You can create your own EZPRTX.SBX and handle printer selection any way you like from that point.
It's not quite ideal for what you want because it doesn't allow you to pass a printer name from the calling program, but it works well if you can figure out the printer you want from other information at runtime (like the printfile name, user name, directory, etc.) (In fact, this could be a big advantage because it allows you to add all your printer specification logic in one place, rather than in all of your programs.
Another approach would be to use XCALL EZSPL rather than XCALL EZTYP. EZTYP is just a special case of EZSPL (with the &h80000000 bit set in the OPTIONS field). This way, you can set the printer name, which would then become the default selection when you use the P command to print.
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Re: Default printer for EZTYP/EZVUE
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16 Jan 08 10:05 AM
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Is there a chance you can give me one example of using XCALL EZSPL?
Thanks in advance
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Re: Default printer for EZTYP/EZVUE
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16 Jan 08 01:45 PM
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Jack McGregor
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Here's the source of EZTYP.LIT, with the XCALL EZTYP commented out and replace with an equivalent XCALL EZSPL. Note that in your case, you would probably want to set the PRINTER field before calling EZSPL. (That would set the default printer for the EZTYP P command). program EZTYP,1.0(100) ! Written by JDM 11-May-93
! ***************************************************************
! * *
! * A-Shell command program: EZTYP.LIT *
! * *
! * Use EZ-SPOOL to display file on screen *
! * *
! ***************************************************************
! Edit history of TYPE:-
! Version 1.0:-
! 11-May-93 - Created /JDM
! Variables used in TYPE:-
map1 FILE$,s,220 ! File spec
MAP1 EZSPL1
MAP2 PRINTER,S,6 ! Printer Name
MAP2 CPU,F,6 ! CPU address
MAP2 SWITCHES,F,6 ! Spooler switches
MAP2 COPIES,F,6 ! Number of copies
MAP2 BANNER,S,50 ! Banner Text
MAP2 LPP,F,6 ! Lines per page
MAP2 WIDTH,F,6 ! Columns per page
MAP2 FORMS,S,6 ! Form name
MAP2 PRI,F,6 ! Priority
MAP2 ADATE,B,4 ! Spool after DATE
MAP2 ATIME,B,4 ! Spool after TIME
MAP2 RESTART,F,6 ! Restart
MAP2 START,F,6 ! Start at page
MAP2 FINISH,F,6 ! Finish at page
MAP2 LIMIT,F,6 ! Limit number of formfeeds
MAP2 OPTIONS,F,6 ! EZSPL option switches
MAP2 SEQNO,F,6 ! Task Manager Seq number
MAP2 COUNT,F,6 ! Number of blocks queued
MAP2 ITCERR,F,6 ! ITC error code
MAP2 NONITC,F,6 ! Spooler error code
MAP2 FILERR,F,6 ! File error code
MAP2 EXTOPT,F,6 ! EZSPL extended options
MAP1 EZSPL2
MAP2 SPLSEL,F,6 ! Selected Printer code
MAP2 MAXSPL,F,6 ! pass: limits # of printers
! returns: # of printers
MAP2 ARRAY(64),X
MAP3 FLAG,S,1
MAP3 LABEL,S,17
MAP3 DEVNAM,S,6
MAP3 PRTNAM,S,6
MAP3 CPUNUM,F,6
! *** Main program starts here ***
OPTIONS = &h80000000 ! (2^31) turn on preview mode
FILE$ = CMDLIN$ ! get file from command line
XCALL EZSPL,FILE$,EZSPL1 ! launch eztyp
!!! XCALL EZTYP,FILE$
END
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Re: Default printer for EZTYP/EZVUE
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30 Apr 08 11:54 AM
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Thanks Jack.
I will test this.
Another question: when user does not specify printer in EZTYP (leaves printer blank) where does print file goes (to what queue)?
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Re: Default printer for EZTYP/EZVUE
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30 Apr 08 12:41 PM
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Jack McGregor
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If no EZ-SPOOL configuration file is found, it will use the default defined by the PRINTER statement in the miame.ini. But you could create a number of EZ-SPOOL configuration files based on the search path/naming convention: EZ: .SFL
EZ:.SPG
EZ:.SPR
EZ:.SPL
MEM:SYSTEM.SPL
SYSTEM.SPL[p,pn]
SYSTEM.SPL[p,0]
EZ:SYSTEM.SPL
Within the appropriate configuration file, you could use the PRINTER statement to assign the default printer, and one or more PRTSPL statements to define printers that would be available to TAB through. For example:
PRINTER=PDFX
PRTSPL=PDFX,Output to PDF
PRTSPL=LASER,Main laser draft printer
See the topic EZ-SPOOL in the Setup Guide for details.
Also note that another approach would be to use XCALL SPOOL, but set up your EZ-SPOOL configuration files to prompt whether she wants to preview the file and/or print it. (Using the ASKPRT=ON and TYPE=ON parameters, with or without the MENU option). The main advantage of that approach is that you can make it default to print (based on timing out or having the operator just hit ENTER a couple of times), whereas in EZTYP, they have to know enough to use the P command to print.
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Re: Default printer for EZTYP/EZVUE
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13 Jan 09 11:50 AM
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Thanks Jack,
XCALL EZSPL worked beautifully.
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