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Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

danielklei...@gmail.com (Daniel Klein) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:09:27 UT

At this point, you might want to post a full 'jdiag.out' file (jdiag -vL).

I'm thinking that the problem is with SYSTEM(14). What compiler is
being used on this system?

Try this...

cnt = 0
LOOP UNTIL SYSTEM(14) DO
CRT cnt
cnt++
SLEEP(1)
REPEAT

Run this program and then press any key to put something in the input

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

h...@comp-ware.net (Richard Kann) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:09:24 UT

I'll correct the graphics line, but that is not what is causing the
issue though. The openseqs is correct as it does create the file. It
just has 0 bytes though and nothing is coming into the input prompt. It
has a count of zero for numchars. I also tried writing out what got
input and it is blank. It seems I should get the hello and other lines

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

danielklei...@gmail.com (Daniel Klein) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:29:04 UT

I see 2 distinct problems, one is obvious, the other is going to take
some debugging on your part.

The 'obvious' one is the 'HELLO' code. If you've read the DOSPrinter
documentation says that the embedded string must be of the form:

<esc>"graphic"

so you need to change line 7 to:

004 PRINT CHAR(27):DQUOTE('C:\SIGNATURES \836-1.BMP')

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

h...@comp-ware.net (Richard Kann) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:15:07 UT

Running into an issue. I set it up as you said tweaking the program to
match my system. When I send a job to the new printer it does run the
jspool program but nothing is being passed. i know this because I have
jspool writing out the numchars value to a file and it comes up with
zero each time. What would cause the spooled data to not pass to the

Re: T24: Commands

j...@temporal-wave.com (Jim Idle) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:35:58 UT

To do this from source code would be rather more difficult than you
expect. For instance I doubt that you could reliably do this with static
analysis and flow analysis between subroutines in jBC is essentially a
global analysis for which you need source code for everything, or at
least a reliable description of the interface. As a somewhat contrived

Re: T24: Commands

igormi...@gmail.com (Igor Micev) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:48:36 UT

I know that there are commands like truss, tusc. I tried them and they
work well, but did't manage to apply them on a jBase commands. I
really don't know how to do that.
Anyway, I want to parse routines' code and when i meet T24 routines
like EB.ROUND.AMOUNT(), CDD(), F.WRITE/READ() ... to be able to get

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

danielklei...@gmail.com (Daniel Klein) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:07:52 UT

Actually, it's DOSPrinter that allows you to embed graphics in the
document. If you read the documentation from that link, it tells you
how to do this. In a nutshell, there are a few options but the way I
do it is to place:

<esc>"graphic_name"

in the document at the place you want the graphic to be. Note that

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

h...@comp-ware.net (Richard Kann) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:55:44 UT

I will try it. What I found is if I log onto the windows account jbase
runs on it works. If I go on a different account it does not. But I did
not try the specif printer approach.

I am assuming in order to use this I need to put the entire invoice in a
text file, write it out somewhere in windows and then print and delete

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

danielklei...@gmail.com (Daniel Klein) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:21 UT

I think you need to specify the destination printer. Here is an
example of what works for me:

cmd = "C:\Software\DOSPrinter\DOSPri nter.exe /SEL'Canon_i850' c:\temp\file.txt"
EXECUTE CHAR(255):'k':cmd

Where 'Canon_i850' is the name of the printer; on my system it is the
network shared name.

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

h...@comp-ware.net (Richard Kann) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:15 UT

Thanks. One question though. It works in command prompt in windows, but
when I put it in a program it locks up and will not print. This is the
code line. Any ideas:

EXECUTE CHAR(255):'k':'*C:\TEMP\DOSPRI NTER C:\TEMP\SAMPLE2.PRN*'

Re: Printing a BMP file to a print job

danielklei...@gmail.com (Daniel Klein) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:12:44 UT

I use DOSPrinter for all of my printing needs.
[link]

It is especially handy when you have a GDI printer.

And it is easy enough to integrate with the jBASE spooler.

Dan

RE: Printing a BMP file to a print job

e09kp5...@sneakemail.com (Tony G) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:16:52 UT

Richard - always great to see ya.
See the demos I created for PrintWizard, BASIC source code
provided:
nospamNebula-RnD.com/products/ printwizard.htm
Contact info for the vendor at bottom of that page.
We don't sell PrintWizard or get commissions, I just think it's
great software and quite frequently it's THE solution to lots of

Printing a BMP file to a print job

h...@comp-ware.net (Richard Kann) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:40:30 UT

Hi All:
I am trying to print a .bmp file (a signature capture) to a PCL inkjet
printer (Jbase version 3.4.x windows) at the bottom of an invoice. Has
anyone accomplished this before or knows how to do it?
Richard Kann
Comp-Ware Systems, Inc.

Re: T24: Commands

kzm...@yahoo.com (VK) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:19:58 UT

Hi,
if you're under Unix you can trace system calls (including files
opening) using truss or tusc.

Re: New jBASE ODBC driver

ultrac...@gmail.com (vultar) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:52:11 UT

Version 0.9 is now available for download.

Highlights:
- Stored procedures are now fully supported by the driver. INPUT,
OUTPUT, IN/OUT, RTNVALUE parameters, adCmdStoredProc command type
functionality implemented (ADODB.Command class in C#, VBA, etc...).
Stored procedures tab in Administrator tool enhanced/redesigned.