Strange Printcode table behavior

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 12:56:09PM -0400, Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
> Frank McKinney propounded (on Wed, May 04, 2005 at 11:34:36AM -0400):
> | Using fP 5.0
> | SCO 5.0.5
> | Printwiz from Raumussen Software
> | 
> | Printwiz supplies a printcode table for filePro (printwiz.prt)
> | 
> | In Define Output, when one uses F5 to call up the list of print
> | codes, many codes have a  '*' prefix and a '?' suffix. The
> | printcode table in Pinter Maintenance also contains the asterisk
> | and a reverse character at the end.
> | For example:
> | Line 10 of printcode table in printer maintenance shows:
> |               Sequence                Description
> |  10 | ^Z</B>              | * Emphasized On'rb'
> |  'rb' stands for a reverse blank (a one character bright bar)
> | 
> |  In the Print Code popup in Define Output, Option 10 shows:
> |  10 *Emphasized On?
> | 
> | I queried Rasmussen about the significance of the question mark
> | and the asterisk. He said that they are not part of his printcode
> | table and are being supplied by filePro, and suggested that I
> | inquire of  this list.
> 
> I see no such thing here.  Edit the table with vi and get rid of whatever
> it is.

That's twice in one day, JP, you're falling down on the job.  :-)

The asterisk identifies that the print code you see it with does
not match the list of global print codes and indeed, my code 10 is
emphasized *off*.  You can demonstrate this by adding a new print code,
and answering the question "Add to global print code table" with "no".

Cheers,
-- jra
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