Hi there,

Can someone please explain to me how I can print the dictionaries to a printer? I have tried "LISTDICT (P)", the system goes away and says processing and then printing report, however nothing comes out. I have confirmed that the printer is the correct printer.

Basically want to print the fields that each table has, to get some form of a data dictionary. Version is Advanced Revelation 3.0

Any help with this would be great. Thanks

Regards

Troy

Are you on a stand-alone PC or networked?

If applicable, what network?

What OS is the workstation?

Is it a local printer or networked?

If Novell network you need the appropriate CAPTURE command to a network printer or ENDCAP to local.

If a Windows workstation and Windows networking then you need to issue the appropriate NET USE command.

Troy,

If this is on a Microsoft network then try typing "PDISK PRN" in TCL to see if the print job gets released. I am assuming other types of printing from this AREV session will print. If that still doesn't work then test LISTDICT by doing the following from TCL:

PDISK TEST (O

LISTDICT (P

PDISK PRN

EDIT DOS TEST

If you see your dictionary output then there is nothing wrong with AREV. There is something going on with your ability to print from this DOS session (which PDISK PRN often helps with.)

dbakke@srpcs.com

SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.

Thanks for the responses.

That works fine. I can see the dictionary items. However it still does not print out. I can print other reports and things off fine….strange.

Is there any way that I can try and print the TEST file just created? Or even export that to a txt file on the h/d??

Thanks

Troy

Sorry forgot to mention.

Running a WinNT box, with networked printers.

If this makes much difference??

Wasn't there an odd "anomaly" where you had to make sure the either the International or printer settings were set to null in the "Configure" settings for the printer to work properly? I seem to recall something like that in one version of ARev….

Troy,

TEST is a text file on the hard drive. You can name it whatever you want (e.g. "PDISK TEST.TXT") and then edit it in Notepad or whatever.

As I suspected, the problem is your Microsoft network. LISTDICT does not send an pagefeed or other end of job code to signal the network that the printing is completed. The PDISK PRN should have worked, however. In lieu of that, you could write a simple R/Basic program like this:

Subroutine ClearQueue(Void)

Printer On

Print Char(12):

Printer Off

Return

Then enter CLEARQUEUE at the TCL line. This should eject any unfinished print jobs.

dbakke@srpcs.com

SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.

Ahh "click", thanks for that.

Perfect. All is done.

Sorry to be so numb to the whole revelation thing.

Regards

Troy

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