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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: tahoma; font-size: 8pt; word-wrap: break-word;">-----Original Message-----<br />From: filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com<br />Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 5:31am<br />To: filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<br />Subject: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 132, Issue 11<br /><br /></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: tahoma; font-size: 8pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Send Filepro-list mailing list submissions to<br /> filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<br /><br />To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br /> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list<br />or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br /> filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com<br /><br />You can reach the person managing the list at<br /> filepro-list-owner@lists.celestial.com<br /><br />When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br />than "Re: Contents of Filepro-list digest..."<br /><br /><br />Today's Topics:<br /><br /> 1. happy birthday Brian White on Sunday (tony)<br /> 2. Creating directory from within Filepro (Mike Fedkiw)<br /> 3. PCL 3/5 printer died; did I slit my throat?<br /> (Jean-Pierre A. Radley)<br /> 4. Re: Creating directory from within Filepro (Kenneth Brody)<br /> 5. RE: PCL 3/5 printer died; did I slit my throat? (Mike Schwartz)<br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 1<br />Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:22:47 -0600<br />From: tony <tony@ynotsoftware.com><br />To: filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<br />Subject: happy birthday Brian White on Sunday<br />Message-ID: <54B948E7.5090802@ynotsoftware.com><br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br /><br />happy birthday Brian White on Sunday - old tony<br /><br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 2<br />Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:34:20 -0500<br />From: Mike Fedkiw <mikefedkiwfp@aol.com><br />To: 0 Filepro List <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com><br />Subject: Creating directory from within Filepro<br />Message-ID: <54B983DC.3070408@aol.com><br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"<br /><br />Using FIlepro 5.0.09<br /><br />Somehow from within Filepro I need to change to a specified directory on <br />my hard drive and create a folder for the individual customer's invoice <br />being printed. I thought I could do it using the system command but it <br />doesn't seem to work?<br /><br /><br />There's only a couple lines of code here so I'll just post what I am trying.<br /><br /><br />system "cd c:\!output\invoice\Invoice_to_PDF"<br /><br />system "md"<arag(10) 'arag(10) being the customer number<br /><br />The directory is not being created. I could swear I've made directories <br />before but I cant remember when, where or how...<br /><br /><br />I'm someone will show me the error of my ways, Lol<br /><br />Thank You in advance, I always appreciate the help I get from the site.<br /><br />Mike<br /><br /><br />-------------- next part --------------<br />An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br />URL: <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20150116/6673538c/attachment.html><br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 3<br />Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:27:09 -0500<br />From: "Jean-Pierre A. Radley" <appl@jpr.com><br />To: filePro Mailing List <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com><br />Subject: PCL 3/5 printer died; did I slit my throat?<br />Message-ID: <20150116232709.GA2137@jpradley.jpr.com><br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br /><br />I was in the midst of printing 1099 forms from my OSR6 server, using<br />filePro output involving some subtle PCL3 coding (courtesy of Jim<br />Asman) to make the printed text properly nestle in the boxes of the<br />IRS-designed forms one obtains from any stationer.<br /><br />Of a sudden, my HP OfficeJet quit, popped, turned off, dropped dead.<br /><br />I surprised myself with what then ensued. I used the 'pcl6' program to<br />convert filePro's PCL3 output to a PDF file. I dispatched that PDF to<br />my wife's Brother MFC J625DW (Windoze only) printer. All the text was<br />placed in the boxes of the 1099 forms just as precisely as it used to be<br />on the OfficeJet.<br /><br />-- <br />JP<br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 4<br />Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:39:24 -0500<br />From: Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net><br />To: Mike Fedkiw <mikefedkiwfp@aol.com>, 0 Filepro List<br /> <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com><br />Subject: Re: Creating directory from within Filepro<br />Message-ID: <54B9A12C.7050204@spamcop.net><br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<br /><br />On 1/16/2015 4:34 PM, Mike Fedkiw via Filepro-list wrote:<br />> Using FIlepro 5.0.09<br />[...]<br />> system "cd c:\!output\invoice\Invoice_to_PDF"<br /><br />That starts a command shell, which cd's to the specified directory, and then <br />exits. This might have worked in ancient 16-bit MS-DOS days, but not <br />anywhere else.<br /><br />> system "md"<arag(10) 'arag(10) being the customer number<br /><br />This starts a new command shell, whose current directory is the same as the <br />one filePro is running in, and creates the directory there.<br /><br />> The directory is not being created. I could swear I've made directories<br />> before but I cant remember when, where or how...<br /><br />Check the directory in which you are running filePro. I'm pretty sure <br />you'll see it there.<br /><br />> I'm someone will show me the error of my ways, Lol<br />><br />> Thank You in advance, I always appreciate the help I get from the site.<br /><br />You can:<br /><br /> (1) use CHDIR to have filePro cd to that directory, and use the<br /> same "md" command<br /><br />or:<br /><br /> (2) Put both commands into the same SYSTEM command, using the "&"<br /> character on the command line. (On the command itself, not as<br /> filePro's "&" concatenation operator.)<br /><br /> system "cd c:\!output\invoice\Invoice_to_PDF & md" < arag(10)<br /><br />or, best (IMHO):<br /><br /> (3) Simply pass the entire path to "md":<br /><br /> system "md c:\!output\invoice\Invoice_to_PDF\ " { arag(10)<br /><br /> (Note the bachslash-space-quote ending, and the "{"<br /> operator.)<br /><br /><br />-- <br />Kenneth Brody<br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 5<br />Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:47:34 -0600<br />From: "Mike Schwartz" <mschw@athenet.net><br />To: "'Jean-Pierre A. Radley'" <appl@jpr.com>, "'filePro Mailing List'"<br /> <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com><br />Subject: RE: PCL 3/5 printer died; did I slit my throat?<br />Message-ID: <071f01d031e6$cd106ff0$67314fd0$@athenet.net><br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br /><br />> I was in the midst of printing 1099 forms from my OSR6 server, using<br />filePro<br />> output involving some subtle PCL3 coding (courtesy of Jim<br />> Asman) to make the printed text properly nestle in the boxes of the IRS-<br />> designed forms one obtains from any stationer.<br />> <br />> Of a sudden, my HP OfficeJet quit, popped, turned off, dropped dead.<br />> <br />> I surprised myself with what then ensued. I used the 'pcl6' program to<br />> convert filePro's PCL3 output to a PDF file. I dispatched that PDF to my<br />wife's<br />> Brother MFC J625DW (Windoze only) printer. All the text was placed in the<br />> boxes of the 1099 forms just as precisely as it used to be on the<br />OfficeJet.<br />> <br />> --<br />> JP<br /><br /> Wow! Good to know!!! <br /><br />Mike Schwartz<br /><br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Subject: Digest Footer<br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />Filepro-list mailing list<br />Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<br />http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list<br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />End of Filepro-list Digest, Vol 132, Issue 11<br />*********************************************</p>
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