Print Output Options Printer Queue

Click on the Function Definition Properties icon and click on the Spooler tab and select Output Type Printer Queue.

This sends the report output to an operating system printer queue. This could be logical or physical.

The Fields in this Window:

Queue- Enter the spooler system queue name. Depending on the operating system, and how the spooler is configured, this could be a physical printer name, or a logical queue name.

Form ID - Enter the system specific spooler command string. This is system dependant.

No of Copies - Print the number of copies specified (if the spooler system supports this).

Batch Queue ID - The ID of this function, for background processing.

Batch Priority - The priority of this function, for background processing.

Spool Output - Check to spool the output. This only applies to multi-tasking systems that support spooling.

Raw Mode - Check to output with no interpretation of control characters.

Suppress Page Header - Check to suppress the output of the page header defined against the report or document.

Suppress 1st Line - Check to suppress the output of the PROIV standard report 1st line (not defined in the report).

Suppress 1st Form Feed - Check to suppress the first form feed.

Suppress Fields - Check to only output headers, not the data fields.

Group Output - Check to leave a spool file open at the end of output, so that subsequent reports and documents are appended to that spool file for printing.

Create Hold File - Used when creating spooled output. Check to create a physical file with the function name as the file name, and a file extension of PRT.

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