PRB: ?/?? Output Not Using the Specified Printer DriverID: Q109852 The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSAfter you have set a printer driver, ?/?? output does not use the specified printer driver. CAUSEWhen you are printing with ?/??, the PDDOCST and PDDOCEND procedures in the GENPD.APP program are not called automatically; they must be called manually. RESOLUTIONTo avoid this problem, make sure you manually call the PDDOCST and PDDOCEND procedures. For example, the following code corrects the example shown below in the "More Information" section: SET PDSETUP TO "Condensed" SET PRINTER TO LPT1 SET PRINTER ON SET LIBRARY TO LOCFILE("driver2.plb") ? PDDOCST(_PLENGTH,128) && substitute 128 with desired page width ? "This is a test" ? PDDOCEND() SET PRINTER OFF SET PRINTER TO MORE INFORMATIONSteps to Reproduce Behavior1. Create a printer driver called "Condensed" that prints 16.7 characters per inch (cpi). 2. Execute the following code: SET PDSETUP TO "Condensed" SET PRINTER TO LPT1 SET PRINTER ON ? "This is a test" SET PRINTER OFF SET PRINTER TO The text "This is a test" does not print in condensed print. REFERENCESPrinter driver program procedures charts: "Developer's Guide," version 2.0, page 19-14 "Developer's Guide," version 2.5, page D17-14 Additional reference words: FoxDos 2.00 2.50 2.50a 2.50b KBCategory: kbprg kbprb KBSubcategory: |
Last Reviewed: April 18, 1995 |