OpenVMS PRINT/HEADER - Changeable?

[Dan Herron]

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

[Volker Halle · Accepted solution]

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.

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

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

What symbiont are we talking about ??

SHOW QUEUE/FULL
( look at /PROCESSOR )

Hakan
AKA "The GreenCapped PrinterGuru" ;-)

[Dan Herron]

Hakan,

PROCESSOR=DCPS$SMB

Thanks,
Dan

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

Do you know what version of DCPS you are running ?

Hakan

[Dan Herron]

Hakan,

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

Pretty old version, I think,
Dan

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

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

[Volker Halle]

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.

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

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

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

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

Wim