Control command of the Set_Printer function

cdehaas57

Does anyone know if the Control command of the Set_Printer function works.
I tried the example and the only information that printed was the "Test 1 2 3"
The Code example was:
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* The following example shows how to use the CONTROL message to set the first page header
* and footer.
declare function Set_Printer
stat = Set_Printer("INIT") ;* Start printing
stat = Set_Printer("CONTROL", "", "First Head", "First Foot", "Times New Roman":@FM:18)
stat = Set_Printer("TEXT", "Test 1 2 3")
stat = Set_Printer("TERM") ;* End printing

FrankTomeo

It is my habit to manually print the headers and footers, so that I have maximum control. I don't normally use the Header, Footer, and Control Set_Printer commands.

I tried messing around with this, and my test routine kept crashing on a program called OIPI_PRINTHEADER. I switched the setting in SYSYENV, CFG_OIPI from VSPRINTER to VSPRINTER2, and it started working after that. Not exactly sure what is going on. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.

cdehaas57

Thanks, don't want to change anything that might mess up others so I will place the footer manually

DonBakke

I concur with Frank. We learned a long time ago to favor control over automation. I guess you can call us "control freaks". Therefore, we typically rely upon POS and ADDTABLE for 95% of our OIPI data content and layout.