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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 09:53:11 U
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- From: Tom Scott <tom_scott@QMRELAY.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Re- HELP WITH CAPTURE CO
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- RE>Re: HELP WITH CAPTURE COMMA
- College of Engineering Thomas Scott - (607) 255-0966
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- >>IF Mc_type = 'PI'
- >> RUN CAPTURE P=1 >NUL
- >>ENDIF
- >>
- >>note: mAYBE i AM DUMB FOR ASKING - WHAT IS CAPTURE?
-
- >Capture is an 'EXTERNAL' program not related to clipper. The programmer used
- >it to perform a function (maybe a screen capture?). Your might want to type
- >CAPTURE at the C prompt and see how it reacts.
-
- Correct! It's been awhile since I've set up a Novell network, but if I
- remember
- correctly, CAPTURE is a Novell command that specifies which printer (or printer
- port) to print to. In this case, it's trying to send to LPT1.
-
- This is the breakdown of the statement:
- RUN (allows your dBase/Fox/Clipper prog to execute a DOS-level
- command)
- CAPTURE (Novell command to capture or designate a printer)
- P=1 (Printer = LPT1)
- > NUL (Redirecting screen output to DOS variable NUL, which
- suppresses
- the screen output)
-
- Check to see if your network printer is hooked up to LPT1 of the machine it's
- hooked up to. Or, have the net administrator check the way the printers are
- designated using either the Novell SYSCON or PCONSOLE utilities, to make sure
- you should be designating LPT1.
-