Q63830: PRB: Incomplete Printing of File Using File Print Option

Article: Q63830
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 08-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for MS-DOS 
- Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for OS/2 
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SYMPTOMS
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In some cases, the final page may not be fully printed when printing a file from
within Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) versions 1.0 and 1.1.

CAUSE
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This usually results from the printer buffer not dumping the end of file.

RESOLUTION
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One work-around to this problem is to force a form feed to the printer after the
file is printed in order to clear the buffer.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following is an example of how to set the PWB "printcmd" switch in the
TOOLS.INI file to print the file and force a form feed:

  printcmd: copy %s+form.txt prn

Note that the FORM.TXT file is a file that you must create in the current
directory that contains a single form feed character (ASCII 12). You can create
this file in PWB by opening a new file and pressing CTRL+P (the quote function)
and then CTRL+L to insert a literal form feed character.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 PWBIss

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbPWBSearch kbZNotKeyword3
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