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- Date: 22 JUL 92 18:09:44 GMT
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- X-RFC822-From: Brian McKeever <MCKEEVER@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>
- From: Brian McKeever <MCKEEVER@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>
- Subject: INITIALIZE_TEMPLATE.COM updated for Multinet V3.1.
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- If anyone is using my INITIALIZE_TEMPLATE.COM procedure to create
- MULTINET:INITIALIZE_<queue-name>.COM files to customize their Multinet LPD
- queues, there is a new version available via anonymous FTP from
- CSTP.UMKC.EDU. The file name is INITIALIZE_TEMPLATE.COM-031 and it's in
- the [.MNET] sub-directory. It is for use with V3.1 only.
-
- Changes:
-
- o Initializes LPD queues with Multinet V3.1 compatible /DESCRIPTIONs.
- o Accepts a new parameter P3 that is appended onto the Multinet standard
- description so you can make things prettier.
- o Allows the user to define a table of qualifier shortcuts. For instance,
- if you have a default /FORM you want to put on all your laser printers
- you can define a symbol in the command procedure that translates to the
- actual INIT qualifiers you want to use, then:
-
- @INITIALIZE_TEMPLATE <queue-name> "'LASER/BLOCK=(1,2000)'PROT" [<desc>]
-
- The procedure will translate the 'LASER and 'PROT to their symbol
- definitions and use the resulting string qualifiers to the INIT command.
- See the comments in the code for more information.
-
- For new INFO-MULTINET subscribers, INITIALIZE_TEMPLATE creates .COM files
- that...
-
- o Only INITIALIZE queues if they don't exist, otherwise it STARTs the
- queues only.
- o Spools files to the device specified by the logical name SPOOL$DEVICE
- instead of SYS$SYSDEVICE.
- o Notifies OPCOM if SPOOL$DEVICE doesn't exist.
- o Allows you to activate MULTINET:REMOTE-PRINTER-QUEUES.COM at any
- time (if all your LPD queues have INITIALIZE_<queue-name>.COM
- files) to add new queues without having to reboot or manually adding
- or removing any queues.
- o Automates putting queue specific qualifiers on the INITIALIZE
- command (See Changes above).
-
- The old procedure is still available as INITIALIZE_TEMPLATE.COM-030 for use
- with Multinet V3.0.
-
- Enjoy,
-
- --Brian
-