output from call

[Nancy Palmquist]

Scott Nelson wrote:
> Is there limits to the call command from an input process?
> I am trying an output process and it does not seem to print.
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Scott,

Calling an output process from clerk will work just fine.  However, how 
does it know what to print?

You will need to put a FORM "nameof form" command in the call table.

You can make it conditional by checking @sn ne "" to see if you are in 
clerk or report.

Remember, it would also be possible to print different forms - one after 
the other - in clerk using this.

You could print a sheet of mailing labels by using FORMM and repeating 
it 40 times (or whatever fills a page).  Use FORM on the last label and 
it will close the print job.

One feature I always hoped for in filePro would be an output process 
that could print different forms, easily, in one pass.  It is a very 
hard thing to do now and it would be so easy if you could just issue a 
form command(s) as you passed each record.  Not sure why they never did it.

Nancy

Nancy

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