NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/os/vms/14305

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Subject: Re: ?: Use of DECVEC printer sequences for LN03
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From: [e-mail] (Don Stokes)
Date: 30 Aug 92 01:43:40 GMT
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[e-mail] writes:
>      Our application requires us to 'merge' the form (DECVEC sequences)
>      with the SAS data, although the data could come from any source -
>      such as other database products.

I can't help you on a utility to produce the sequences, but once you have
the form, you can have the print queue set up to print your form on each page.

To do this, create a file containing the sequences etc required to put
your form on the page.  You can move the "cursor" anywhere you like, as
long as it ends up on the top left corner afterward.  Let's call the file
MYFORM.TXT.

Now, stop _all_ print queues.  The reason for this is that the bloody
Librarian won't let you write to a text library while something else is
fingering it.  (The print symbionts finger the library, not the job
controller itself, so you can leave your batch queues alone.  But use
STOP/RESET or STOP/NEXT to stop the queues -- and make sure thay really
have stopped.)

Now, place the module in the library:

    $ LIBRARY/TEXT SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]SYSDEVCTL.TLB MYFORM.TXT

(Note that the library may not already exist, in which case you will
need to add the /CREATE qualifier to the command.)

You can now restart your queues.

Next, create your form definition using the command:

    $ DEFINE/FORM MYFORM nnn /PAGE_SETUP=MYFORM

Check out the HELP on DEFINE/FORM for other things that DEFINE/FORM can
do for you.  If the form is going onto plain paper, add /STOCK=DEFAULT
to the DEFINE/FORM command.  The "nnn" is a unique number -- use
SHOW QUEUE/FORM to list the forms defined, and pick a number that isn't
in use.

Now, when you print a file with that form, just add /FORM=MYFORM to the
PRINT command.  The form will be printed on each page.

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Don Stokes, ZL2TNM (DS555)                        [e-mail] (home)
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