Re: DPSpool / Printer Configuration Question

Are you using a User ID panel in your database and having users log in?

Yes and No.  There are User Id panels  for record relationship purposes but
I've not used the DP Menu system. Up til now I've used the Citrix logon to
Control users access to the databases . Each gets their own folder with
program shortcuts for the databases they need access to, on login - most
don't even have a desktop that they can move around in. (I like a simple
life :-) and only a couple have been using Dpspool due to the printing
problems we had. Actually I have eased up the controls a little since I set
up the system in 1987 - users ARE a little more computer savy than they were
back then. So far user initials haven't caused a problem and we use that
alot anyway when not using dpspool either as a means of selecting records
for printing quotes (multi-user) want Quote 13456 - 13463 but only those
with CR initials, or for signature at bottom of printed quote letter. But I
take on board your suggestion should the greater use of DPSpool starts to
cause me headaches down the track. Its also nice to have a backup plan to
implement if needed - Thanks Tim.

BTW we haven't stayed on the 28mhz machine with an 80mb harddrive running 5
users under C-Dos (Concurrent Dos) that we started with  in 87 - we've keep
up a little. C-Dos  was a nice one to cut my teeth on :-(  (bit of a
nightmare looking back)   We went to System Manager in the 90's - An
Austalian C-Dos version which abled menus to be used and was actually very
good - had a print spooler and all. But it wasn't Y2K compliant and I
understand System manager was taken over by Citrix so they could get the
code and SM was discontinued and we were forced to go to Citrix and NT4 in
2000. The box has been upgraded since but the OS does all we want presently
and hopefully will see me out.
I'm sure we all have similar stories to tell regarding the rate of change in
IT but I remember Lew at the L.A. Conference relating the story of the early
computer he did the database prior to dataperfect programming on, that only
had 2 x 5 1/4 floppies in it and how he thought he was "made" when he got
his hands on one with a (I think) 10mb harddrive.
Speaking of Lew - Has anyone been in touch with him lately - just wondering
how he's getting on ?

Regards

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Rude" <timrude-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [Dataperf] DPSpool / Printer Configuration Question


> Colin,
>
> I'm glad you've got it sorted out. :)
>
> As for the <249> codes, just remember that they have to fall at the very
> beginning of the report (prior to any other codes, hard returns, or
> text) in order for them to take effect on the first page. Otherwise
> their effect is delayed until the start of the next page.
>
> Here's a thought regarding your prompting for user initials with each
> report and using that to build the pathname for the output file --- are
> you using a User ID panel in your database and having users log in? If
> so, and if each user logged in with their initials, you could use the
> user.field[n] function to get their login and have a little more control
> over things. That way you wouldn't have to worry about a user mistyping
> their initials and crashing the report by trying to send output to a
> nonexistent directory.
>
> Tim Rude
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin Roberts" <colin-HybK4QLoBoiBSvQ9g6pY6g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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