Re: SQL*ReportWriter Question

toddh_at_morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Todd Hickey) writes:

:We are currently using SQL*Reportwriter v1.1 (can't wait to move to
:Oracle*Reports 2.0) on DOS and OS/2 clients. I am trying to get rid of an
:annoying little _Form Feed_ that follows every report that I print. I have
:tried setting :ff, :fs, and :is to null values in the printer definition file
:for the printer we are using, but no such luck!

I tried several options to accomplish the same task, and wound up modifying the print procedure shell script that SRW uses to check what the output device is and pass the output through a little C program that filters out a trailing ^L for certain printers (mostly my laser printers).

On my UNIX system, the file to modify is:

      $ORACLE_HOME/sqlreport/admin/printer/spoolcmd.

I don't know how well this would work in a true client/server environment, though.

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Michael Nolan, Sysop for the DBMS RoundTable on GEnie
nolan_at_notes.tssi.com, dbms_at_genie.geis.com
(posted from nolan_at_helios.unl.edu)