topic Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable? in Operating System - OpenVMS

OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Dan Herron — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:55:55 GMT

When using the PRINT/HEADER command the default
heading is the full file specification and a page number. Is there a way to change the heading so that includes the user id of the person that submitted the print job?

Thanks for your help,
Dan Herron

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Volker Halle — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:33:23 GMT

Dan,

to achieve this, you might need to write a modified print-symbiont by replacing the PSM$K_PAGE_HEADER routine and using PSM$READ_ITEM_DX to obtain the information to be printed on the first line of each page.

See the Utility Routines Manual.

Volker.

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:55:14 GMT

I will take a look at it.......

What symbiont are we talking about ??

SHOW QUEUE/FULL
( look at /PROCESSOR )

Hakan
AKA "The GreenCapped PrinterGuru" ;-)

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Dan Herron — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:58:08 GMT

Hakan,

PROCESSOR=DCPS$SMB

Thanks,
Dan

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:59:14 GMT

Do you know what version of DCPS you are running ?

Hakan

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Dan Herron — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:09:21 GMT

Hakan,

It looks like we are running DCPS Version V1.1A.

Pretty old version, I think,
Dan

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:12:50 GMT

Dan,

DCPS V1.1A is VERY old ;-)
I don't think there is a simple way to change the headerinformation, but I have sent a mail to DCPS-engineering about this thread.

Hakan

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Volker Halle — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:15:23 GMT

Dan,

you can't modify a DCPS print-symbiont with the PSM$REPLACE method described above, because it already is a modified print-symbiont.

If DCPS itself does not provide a method to change the /HEADER line contents, then the answer to your question will be: no.

The current DCPS (V2.7) user guide describes, that the header line consists of: file name, page number, and file creation date.

Volker.

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:34:37 GMT

If you replace all print commands by a @DCL procedure you can modify the file to be printed before you do the print (or better, create a temp file that you will print).

You just have to read the input file and put a header line + blanc line in the beginning of the file and after each form feed.

Not ellegant but works on all VMS versions.

Wim

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:38:08 GMT

... Of course only for listings not relying on auto line feed (of the form).

Wim

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:09:07 GMT

... or spool the file to a temp file called "xxx_USERNAME" and then do the print. The username will be in the filename of the header. You can even include creation time in the file name.

Wim

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:26:13 GMT

Dan,

Is DCPS a requirement ?
What version of VMS are you running ?
Are there other OS (servers) in your environment ( Unix, Linux, Windows ) ?

Once I solved a very complex printproblem by sending a VMS-printjob through a UNIX-server.......

Hakan

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Dan Herron — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:32:50 GMT

dcps is a requirement.

Thanks to everyone for all their help and suggestions. I will take them under advisement.

Thanks again,
Dan Herrron

Re: OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

Dan Herron — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:34:04 GMT

Closing thread