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Class
Printing
Purpose
Print a text file on the printer
Syntax
PRINT <.txt filename> | (<expC>)
See Also
Description
The PRINT command prints the specified <.txt filename> on the printer. The filename can be substituted with an <expC>, enclosed in round brackets, which returns a valid filename. If no file extension is specified, then '.txt' is assumed. If the file extension is '.tmp' the PRINT command will delete the file after printing it.
The Recital/4GL login file contains an environment variable called DB_PRINT which points to a file in the root directory called print.<operating system name>. It contains the commands used by the host operating system to print files The print.<operating system name> file can be customized for your own environment. Multiple print files can be set up and assigned by changing the DB_PRINT environment variable with the PUTENV() function. This allows particular printer files to be associated with a specified group of users, or particular printers.
Example
// Print 4 copies of a report m_filenam = sys(3) = ".txt" report form analysis to file &m_filenam for i=1 to 4 print &m_filenam next erase &m_filenam
Products
Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer