Subject Re: printer paper source From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:08:14 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Attachment(s) PaperSize.png On 8/11/2020 10:56 AM, Mervyn Bick wrote: > On 2020-08-11 18:43, Ken Mayer wrote: > >> This is what I get: >> >> 0 >> 0 > ....> 0 >> 0 > > In other words, just a lot of nothing. :-) > > It shows that, somehow, HP didn't get round to writing that last paper > name into the firmware. > > If the code that prints out the results in PaperSize.prg and > PaperBin.prg is changed to the following it would ensure that there are > no blanks. > >     local a, i >     a  =  getPapers( cDevice, "") >     for i = 1 to int((a.size + 1) / 2) >         ?     iif(a[i, 2] = '','?',a[i,2]) >         ??    " - " >         ??    iif(a[i, 1] = '','?',a[i,1]) >     endfor > > What I find strange is that the Inspector can see the value for that > last paper name.  I wonder what dBASE uses to get the paper names. Well, for me the inspector shows blank, if you click it, there's no text .. so I have no idea what it thinks the paper size is ... (see attached, the last item was clicked on, which is why it is blue -- it's blank, no text). Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm