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SET PRINTER

Toggles the printer and controls the printer device
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 Syntax

        SET PRINTER on | OFF  
        SET PRINTER (<lPrinter>)  
        SET PRINTER TO [<cPrinter>] [ADDITIVE]  

 Arguments

        <lFixed>     Logical condition by which to toggle the printer 
                  <cPrinter> A device name or an alternate name

 Description

      This command can direct all output that is not controled by the
      @...SAY command and the DEVPOS() and DEVOUT() functions to the
      printer.If specified,the condition <lPrinter> toggles the printer
      ON if a logical true (.T.) and OFF if a logical false (.F.).If no
      argument is specified in the command, the alternate file (if one  is
      open) is closed, or the device is reselected and the PRINTER  option
      is turned OFF.

      If a device is specified in <cPrinter>, the outpur will be directed
      to that device instead of to the PRINTER.A specified device may be
      a literal string or a variable, as long as the variable is enclosed
      in parentheses.For a network,do not use a trailing colon when
      redirecting to a device.

      If an alternate file is specified,<cPrinter> becomes the name of a
      file that will contain the output.If no file extension is specified
      an extension of.PRN will be defaulted to.

      If the ADDITIVE clause is specified,the information will be appended
      to the end of the specified output file.Otherwise, a new file will
      be created with the specified name (or an existing file will first
      be cleared) and the information will then be appended to the file.
      The default is to create a new file.

 Examples

      SET PRINTER ON
      SET PRINTER TO LPT1
      ? 25141251/362
      SET PRINTER .F.

Status

      Ready

 Compliance

      This command is Ca-Clipper compliant