Re: vDos users: be aware: can't print again if prior print has locked the port

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Carl,

del/q PCLPRINT.PDF >nul 2>nul
what is ">nul 2>nul" doing?

Thanks,
Harry

> Carl,
>
> That is a piece of fine and convoluted programming. It certainly does to
> job. I wish it could be easier, but apparently there is no simpler
> solution. You can, of course, routinely dismiss the file with Ctrl-F4 or
> rename it with CS-S so that you can keep it open in a PDF viewer.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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>
> > Just for the heck of it, I tried my hand at a batch file that implements
> > the temp file idea. It's self-maintaining, in that old temp files no
> > longer in use are erased. Since a unique filename is generated for every
> > print job, it does allow viewing the PDF output without worrying about
> > locked files.
> >
> > The config.txt setting is:
> >
> > LPT1 = start.exe /hid PCLPRINT.BAT #LPT1.asc
> >
> > The batch file:
> >
> > :: PCLPRINT.BAT
> > @echo off
> > cd/d %~dp0
> > if exist %TEMP%\vdlprn-*.pdf del/q %TEMP%\vdlprn-*.pdf >nul 2>nul
> > if exist PCLPRINT.PDF del/q PCLPRINT.PDF >nul 2>nul
> > start.exe /hid pcl6.exe -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
> > -sOutputFile=PCLPRINT.PDF "%1"
> > timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul
> > for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=,./: " %%s in ("%DATE%%TIME: =0%") do set
> > tempfn=%TEMP%\vdlprn-%%t%%u%%v%%w%%x%%y.pdf
> > copy/y PCLPRINT.PDF %tempfn% >nul 2>nul
> > start.exe /hid %tempfn%
> > set tempfn=
> > goto :eof