Re: Printing double underline

Scott,

I did bite the bullet and go to the LINE keyword in AFPDS.

One drawback is that you need to provide the positioning in units of measure (either in. or cm) instead of it defaulting to the current line. So, to be truly generic, I would need to know CPI, LPI, the current line and possibly the defined margins, to place it accurately.

It would be really nice if the UNDERLINE keyword would accept some optional parms, like line style (dashes, double, triple, etc.) and thickness.

I looked a few times for info on retrieving the CPI and LPI values, but didn't find them in the INFDS. Are those in there and I just missed them? Or is an API required? I'm looking for the current values of the open printer file, not to retrieve them from the *PRTF object.

-mark


At 1/9/09 03:54 PM, you wrote:

If you're willing to use AFP instead of SCS, then yeah you can draw
lines, boxes, etc with the DDS keywords for lines and boxes.

But SCS lacks that capability. I'm curious why you want to limit
yourself to SCS?


M. Lazarus wrote:
> Is there a technique for printing a double underline in an *SCS
> spool file? It's used to go under a total line on an invoice. It
> seems to be an accounting practice.
>
> The target is an HP Laser printer. It's defined w/ a *DEVD
> containing an IP address.
>
> Physical attachment . . . . . . . : *DIRECT
> Host print transform . . . . . . . : *YES
> System driver program . . . . . . : *HPPJLDRV
>
>
> A string of equal signs (============) is not acceptable to the client.
>
> Would a Workstation customizing object do the trick? If yes, can
> you supply an example of doing this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -mark