Re: universe o/s

On Jun 25, 8:06 pm, joyce <albright1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does anyone know how to retrieve the spooler job number from within a
basic program in universe?????

Joyce,

It is always helpful to the forum to know what rel. of the database
you are running and what operating system you are running on.

Working in the blind, however, here are some thoughts that may help.

1. Universe/NT (any Windows OS) does not have a spooler, of any kind
- none whatsoever. Unless they are sent to the &HOLD& file, all print
jobs are sent directly to the named Windows printer spooler with no
entry no. Otherwise they are sent directly to the named Windows
printer spooler with no entry no. when they are SPOOLed from the
&HOLD& file.

2. Universe/nix (any unix-type OS) does have a spooler but it does
not work like a generic Pick spooler in that it has no queues. So,
print jobs can not be sent to queues in the spooler and printers can
not be assigned to queues to print the print jobs in those queues.

3. In both cases, when a print job is sent to the &HOLD& file it is
assigned a print file ID that you designate in the SETPTR command that
you issue. This record ID may or may not contain numbers and can be
both alpha, numeric or a combination of the two. This print file ID
is automatically displayed by Universe when the print file is opened
in the &HOLD& file and is similar in function to the Entry No. in a
generic Pick spooler. But it is only generated for print files that
are place on hold, not for those that are sent directly to the
printer.

4. I am not able to find any reference in the documentation for the
SYSTEM function in Universe that refers to returning the print file ID
from within a Basic program.

Since you are asking this question on this (generic Pick)forum, it
sounds like you may be currently working with a generic Pick database
and evaluating Universe with the possibility of converting your
software to Universe.

<AD> If so, you may wish to learn more about SpoolerPlus, our generic
Pick print spooler for both Universe and Unidata
(www.sysmarkinfo.com). SpoolerPlus provides the functionality of a
generic Pick print spooler so that you don't have to modify the print
processes in your generic Pick software to run it on Universe or
Unidata. We are also an authorized IBM Business Partner and can help
you with your acquisition and installation of Univers</AD>

Feel free to contact me off-line if you'd like to discuss this
further.

hth,

Dave
800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275)
USA

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