Re: Missing message

[Sarah Brehm sbrehm@xxxxxxxx]

That is the message I was looking for. As you probably read in my last
post, TYPEF is what finally worked.

Thanks for responding.

--Sarah Brehm


R Tennenbaum wrote:
>
> Was this the missing message? Robert Holmgren's is no doubt more
> authoritative but these suggestions are perhaps a little simpler and
> quicker....
>
> Rafe T.
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> On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:12:12 -0800, Sarah Brehm wrote:
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> >Thanks for the response. I tried it and it didn't work. The manual
> >says that LPT3 is not a valid device for the TYPEF command.
>
> !? The Xywrite manual? It's been a while since I used Xy3 but I
> don't recall having to do anything at all to force LPT3 output
> anywhere else but LPT3 from within Xywrite. In Xy4 -- I know you're
> not using it but since I don't remember Xy3 perhaps there's something
> similar there -- the LPT value is set from SETTINGS.DFL.
>
> >Did you do
> >something special to make it work? LPT1 and LPT2 are already in use on
> >my system.
>
> Is this the problem, maybe? I believe that LPTs are OS-defined --
> you might try looking at the W95 printer/parallel port configuration
> and ensure that the fax printer driver is accessing it -- that's
> assuming that you haven't successfully printed to the fax driver from
> another application. Since I don't know W95 I'll shut myself up
> before someone else does. There may also be a hardware limit on how
> many LPTs you can have; if it doesn't hurt too much, perhaps disable
> your LPT2 device and try again.
>
> >Is there perhaps a way to make LPT3 the default port--in the startup
> >file?
> >
> >To complicate matters, I am printing batches of files using the TYPE
> >@FILE command, so it isn't practical for me to print to a file and then
> >print the file from DOS.
>
> A quick-fix idea -- if there isn't a lot of fancy formatting
> involved, you might find that using Xywrite's printf (I think typef
> is equivalent) command to print to a file, then dragging and dropping
> it to the fax application's printer driver (or however it's done)
> will give you useable output until you can get the thing working
> properly.
>
> >
> >--Sarah Brehm
> >
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