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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

3479.0. "Default printer queue for printscreen?" by NZOV03::HOWARD (NZ: Where Digital's Week Begins) Wed Oct 17 1990 08:24

    Is there a logical (or alternate mechanism) that allows a user to
    define their default printer for use with the screen manager print
    screen function?.
    
    Perhaps something for the startup command file like
    $define/sys		DECW$PRINT_SCREEN_PRINTER	myqueue.
    
    Cheers, Martin
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3479.1DEMON3::CLEVELANDNotes - fun or satanic cult?Wed Oct 17 1990 10:173
    See note 2413.2.
    
    Tim
3479.2DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_PS,DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_ANSIVMSSG::J_OTTERSONWed Oct 17 1990 10:188
A way to do what you want is to define the DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_* logicals.

I.E. 
  DEFINE DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_PS queuename,queuename,etc.
  DEFINE DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_ANSI queuename,queuename,etc.

The first queue you lost for each format will be the default for that format.

3479.3NZOV03::HOWARDNZ: Where Digital's Week BeginsWed Oct 17 1990 20:379
    Thanks for the info.
    
    Where abouts should I place these definitions.  I tried them
    interactively and nothing changed.
    
    Do they have to be in SYSTART_V5.COM?.  Must they be placed in the
    DECW$LOGICAL_NAMES table?.
    
    Cheers, Martin   
3479.4QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centWed Oct 17 1990 22:4612
    .2 contains a rather serious error - the list of queue names must
    be enclosed in quotes, otherwise you get a "search list", which
    doesn't work.  Also, you have to make sure they're visible to
    the print widget, which usually means defining them /SYSTEM.
    This is what I do and I do it in my system startup procedure.
    They don't have to be in DECW$LOGICAL_NAMES.
    
    For example:
    
    $ DEFINE/SYSTEM DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_PS "queue1,queue2,queue3"
    
    					Steve
3479.5By the way....RTL::BUTENHOFBetter Living Through Concurrency!Mon Oct 22 1990 20:056
Amidst all this DECW$PRINTER_FORMAT_<foo> stuff, don't forget that the print
widget DOES pay attention to the good old fashioned SYS$PRINT logical.  Which
can be defined per-user even if the system manager is considerate enough to
define all the queues for each print format system-wide.

	/dave