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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

3773.0. "Control Block not working" by KERNEL::VANRIXTELE (Emma van Rixtel) Tue Jan 18 1994 14:04

    
    
    I am entering a WPS-PLUS query in here, as the WPS-PLUS conference is
    unreachable therefore I can not check whether this has been reported
    before.
    
    I have 2 customers both using ALL-IN-1 v3.0 and WPS-PLUS v4.1 and when
    they insert a control block at the top of their document to select
    either a font or a tray, it is ignored.
    
    For example, both of these commands have been set up as keywords,
    ie,
    
    
    BIN_1  <ESC>[1!v (to represent FRONT tray on LN03)
    
    
    --------------- START CONTROL --------------------
    PRINTER TABLE BIN_1
    ---------------  END CONTROL  --------------------
    
    
    The above control block will not work unless there is a printable
    character directly above it, where as PRINTER SELECT FRONT will work as
    expected even without the printable character.
    
    This exactly the same for a keyword that defines some font. So does
    anyone know why this is?? In each case it is whatever is setup in the
    pagination settings that is printed.
    
    
    Thank you,
    
    Emma.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3773.1	Some more info!	KERNEL::VANRIXTELE	Emma van Rixtel	`Thu Jan 20 1994 11:40`	54
	This problem is now becoming particularly urgent, so I have done a bit more testing and can reproduce the problem here without any trouble. I have also reaslised that the 2 problems I mention in .0 are actually not related. So for the time being it is the tray selection that I am most concerned with. The customer has set up 3 keywords in their LN03 printer table to relate to FRONT, REAR and one other. I have tested this on a DEClaser just using 2 trays, and I see the same problem. The keywords I have used are:- BIN_FRONT <ESC>[1!v BIN_REAR <ESC>[2!v I then created a 4 page document, the first control block on the first page reading, PRINTER TABLE BIN_REAR. On the second page the control block read PRINTER TABLE BIN_FRONT, thus telling the printer to print the first page on letterheaded paper and the remainder of the document on normal paper. The output was, that the first page printed correctly as did the second page, but then the third and forth pages printed on what ever was the default setting in PG. In this case it took the last 2 pages from tray REAR instead of FRONT. This immediately indicates that where Keywords are concerned, they only relate to the page they appear on and not to the document as a whole. Is this correct?? The output the customer sees is that when she prints the document as a whole (set up exactly as I have above) it will print exactly as expected. whereas if she tries to print say just the last page, it prints out from whatever tray is in the default PG settings rather than looking at the control block on page 2. So it appears that it has nothing to do with having printable characters before a PRINTER TABLE control block. That only appears to be occurring where fonts are concerned and I shall raise that as a separate issue. So if anyone could test this out for me and confirm that they are seeing the same problem, it would help a great deal. I would also like some more information on exactly how KEYWORDS are controlled, as it may help to determine whether they are behaving as they are supposed to or not. I really need some information as quickly as possible, so anything piece of information would be grately received... Thank you very much. Emma.
3773.2		LOOKIN::BARHAM	Norbert:	`Thu Jan 20 1994 12:59`	4
	Maybe needs a form feed before the control block ? WPS-PLUS notes 181, 519, 757, 1161 may help ? N:
3773.3	Still need more info..	KERNEL::VANRIXTELE	Emma van Rixtel	`Fri Jan 21 1994 12:03`	10
	Have looked at the notes you suggested Clive, but they do not appear to be relevant. My particular query is that the control block is working but only on the page is appears on, and not the document as a whole. So what I want to know is, is this a specific problem to do with PRINTER TABLE commands. In other words are PRINTER TABLE commands only supposed to relate to that particular page or is this a bug or is the customer doing something wrong?? Emma.
3773.4	Things are getting desperate..	KERNEL::VANRIXTELE	Emma van Rixtel	`Mon Jan 24 1994 15:11`	9
	Someone please help, I am still no nearer to solving this, I just need some more information on how keywords are supposed to be used and how they work. Please... Emma.
3773.5	why??	KERNEL::VANRIXTELE	Emma van Rixtel	`Tue Jan 25 1994 10:50`	4
	re: .2 - The form feed worked. But why?? Emma.
3773.6	Try WPS-PLUS conference again!	IOSG::PYE	Graham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's Apprentice	`Tue Jan 25 1994 17:39`	0