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- PRFILE.DOC--12/23/86
- OK, here it is. My first "crippled" program. Reason it's crippled is twofold:
- 1) I want your $$$ <grin>.
- 2) This is really a Beta version, and I don't wanna enhance it too much until I
- get some feedback.
-
- PRFILE is meant to be used as a dBASE LOAD/CALL subroutine. Requirements are:
- 1) dBASE III PLUS or Developers' Release.
- 2) MS-DOS 3.0 or higher? I dunno, too lazy to test it on 2.x as neither of my
- ATs will work on it very well.
-
- PRFILE will redirect dBASE's printer output to a DOS file.
-
- Syntax: LOAD PRFILE (PRFILE.BIN must be in present directory unless otherwise
- specified)
- memvarname="<DOS pathname>"
- CALL PRFILE WITH memvarname
- Returns:
- same filename, unless it couldn't open the file, in which case the first
- letter of the memvar is replaced with "W" for write error
-
- The second time you CALL PRFILE it will close the print file, and return printer
- output to the printer. Successive calls will do nothing.
-
- When you exit dBASE with QUIT, the file will be closed anyway. You can also
- close the print file and send output back to the printer with SET PRINTER TO
- LPT1, so if you RELEASE MODULE PRFILE before the second call there's no real
- harm done.
-
- Error checking is scant at this point, but registered users will receive a
- version which can be called repeatedly to turn printer redirection on/off, and
- it will also have somewhat enhanced error checking. I'm sure you all can figure
- out how to call this sucker repeatedly anyway, but it may or may not work and
- will be a little more inconvenient, as well as slightly slower.
-
- How to register (and support development of more of this inane stuff):
- Send $10 to
- Synergy Corp.
- 1780 SW 43 Ave.
- Ft. Lauderdale FL 33317
- Be sure to tell me what program you are registering. The latest version of it
- will be sent to you, with the ASM source.
- Enjoy!
- R. Russell Freeland
- Pres, Synergy Corp.
-