Is it possible to setup a printer defintion to automatically print to PDISK without having to run at TCL? Would like to setup a "PDISK" printer so users wont have to goto TCL everytime. If anyone has any scripts, etc. to get me thru this, it would be appreciated.

Thanks

I'm not sure what you are asking for.

1) You could set your printer properties to print to file.

2) You could do a basic "execute"…

 EXECUTE "PDISK C:\SPOOL\PRT00001 (OS)"

3) Use printer properties to capture the printer port LPT1.

I guess the confusion, for me, comes from your users having to go to the TCL.

I have a subroutine that handles the printer routing. The users have options to print to a "file", "printer", or "screen". If they pick "printer" they then have options of what printer to print to. Maybe that is what you are looking for.

I had a similar need for a particular customer who had problems with spooling large print jobs. It was resolved with a menu option that did a pdisk to a specific file. When they were finished with the report they invoked the same menu option which then closed the file and sent it to a word processor for further manipulation or printing.

The routine would first check that the output file was not in use by another workstation, and if so incremented a counter as the extension (FILE.001, FILE.002 …..). When PDISK was invoked the menu colors changed so there was a visible reminder they needed to close the file when finished.

Captn Kirk

Since you are using printer definitions, have you tried placing the code in the printer process open & close sections. It's on Page 3 of the printer definition window. Basic catalyst code & commands.

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