Programmer's WorkBench (pwb.hlp) (
Table of Contents;
Topic list)
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User Switch (Example)
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The User switch setting:
User : "~Print", XPRINT, "/2 %s", LPT1, , \
"Print the current file with XPRINT", y, n, n, 8
specifies the following custom Run menu command:
Option Description
title The menu title is "Print" with the accelerator "P".
path The XPRINT program is expected to be on the PATH.
arg The default command line specifies the /2 option and the
current filename.
out The program output is redirected to the LPT1 device.
dir The XPRINT program is run in the current directory.
help The help line is "Print the current file with XPRINT".
prompt PWB prompts for additional arguments.
ask PWB doesn't prompt before returning from XPRINT.
back The XPRINT program is to run in the foreground.
key The F8 key runs the XPRINT program after prompting.
The backslash at the end of the first line of the definition is a
TOOLS.INI line continuation.
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