Reviewed and revised April 2024
xcall EZSPL (or SPOOL), file, table
Parameters:
file (String) [in]
File specification for the file to print
table (Structure) [in]
Multiple options arranged per the following. Items marked with an asterisk are ignored by all A-Shell platforms.
MAP1 TABLE
MAP2 PRINTER,S,64 ! spooler name (was 6 under AMOS)
MAP2 CPU,F,6 !*CPU id
MAP2 SWITCHES,F,6 ! option switches
MAP2 COPIES,F,6 ! copies to spool
MAP2 BANNER,S,50 !*banner
MAP2 LPP,F,6 !*lines per page
MAP2 WIDTH,F,6 !*columns per page
MAP2 FORMS,S,6 ! printer form
MAP2 PRI,F,6 !*priority
MAP2 ADATE,B,4 !*spool after date
MAP2 ATIME,B,4 !*spool after time
MAP2 RESTART,F,6 !*restart
MAP2 START,F,6 !*start page
MAP2 FINISH,F,6 !*finish page
MAP2 LIMIT,F,6 !*limit form feeds
MAP2 OPTIONS,F,6 ! (EZ-SPOOL) options
MAP2 SEQNO,F,6 !*(EZ-SPOOL) sequence #
MAP2 COUNT,F,6 !*(EZ-SPOOL) # blocks queued
MAP2 ITCERR,F,6 !*(EZ-SPOOL) ITC error
MAP2 NONITC,F,6 !*(EZ-SPOOL) spooler
MAP2 FILERR,F,6 !*(EZ-SPOOL) file error code
MAP2 EXTOPT,F,6 ! (EZ-SPOOL) extended options
MAP2 PREFIX,S,28 ! (A-Shell) prefix file
MAP2 SUFFIX,S,28 ! (A-Shell) suffix file
MAP2 HOSTROWS,F,6 ! (A-Shell) number of rows reserved for host in EZTYP
MAP2 EZCOLORS ! User-defined color scheme
MAP3 EZFG'TXT,B,1 ! text colors
MAP3 EZBG'TXT,B,1 !
MAP3 EZFG'BDR,B,1 ! border colors
MAP3 EZBG'BDR,B,1 !
MAP3 EZFG'CMD,B,1 !
MAP3 EZBG'CMD,B,1 ! command colors
MAP3 EZFG'STS,B,1 !
MAP3 EZBG'STS,B,1 ! status colors
MAP3 EZFG'HLP,B,1 !
MAP3 EZBG'HLP,B,1 ! help colors
MAP3 EZFG'HLT,B,1 !
MAP3 EZBG'HLT,B,1 ! highlight colors
MAP3 EZFG'MNU,B,1 !
MAP3 EZBG'MNU,B,1 ! menu colors
MAP3 EZFG'BRF,B,1 !
MAP3 EZBG'BRF,B,1 ! brief colors
MAP2 OVERLAY,S,28 ! overlay file
MAP2 TOTPAGES,F,6 ! total pages
The fields marked (EZ-SPOOL) were not part of the original AMOS specification and were added by EZ-SPOOL (as developed for AMOS). The fields marked (A-Shell) are A-Shell extensions that were not part of either the original AMOS or EZ-SPOOL specifications. All of the fields for both types of extensions are optional under A-Shell.
The PRINTER field was 6 bytes under AMOS but expanded to 64 in the A-Shell implementation to allow for the possibility of using Unix and especially Windows printer names. If you use the 64 byte version of the PRINTER field, then you MUST specify all of the other fields—even the ones which we just got through saying were optional. A-Shell can only determine which version of PRINTER you used by considering the total size of the TABLE parameter.
The EZCOLORS fields, if specified, will override the normal default color scheme used by EZ-SPOOL. The only exceptions to this are that they will be ignored if they are ALL ZERO, and that that can be overridden themselves by the EZCLR section of the INI.CLR file. For information on the color configuration file format, see Color Configuration and MX_INICLR.
The OPTIONS parameter above may be set to any combination of the values in the following table. Values that are ignored by A-Shell have been omitted (which is why there are gaps).
Value |
Meaning |
|---|---|
&h00000001 |
PRINTER selection menu on |
&h00000002 |
PRINTER selection menu off |
&h00000004 |
OPTION menu on (questions at bottom of PRINTER menu) |
&h00000008 |
OPTION menu off |
&h00000010 |
TYPE (preview) allowed (by selecting printer X) |
&h00000020 |
TYPE (preview) not allowed |
&h00020000 |
ASKPRT on (Prompt to confirm user wants to print the file) |
&h00040000 |
ASKPRT off |
&h02000000 |
BRIEF on (single line printer selection prompt) |
&h80000000 |
Preview file only (same as XCALL EZTYP) |
The EXTOPT parameter above may be set to any combination of the values in the following table. These may also be set via the EXTOPT=### parameter in the EZSPL configuration file. Values that are ignored by A-Shell have been omitted (which is why there are gaps).
Value |
Meaning |
|---|---|
&h0004 |
Disable screen save/restore |
&h0020 |
Allow exit from EZVUE with Left-arrow |
&h0040 |
Allow exit from EZVUE with Tab |
&h0080 |
Allow exit from EZVUE with F1-F16 |
&h0100 |
Do not ask questions on PRINT from within EZVUE |
&h0200 |
Hitting Home when already at the top of the file in EZVUE acts like the PRINT command. |
Notes
The PRINTER, SWITCHES, COPIES, FORMS, LPP, WIDTH, PREFIX, SUFFIX, OVERLAY, and TOTPAGES fields are interpreted in the same way as the individual parameters of the same names in XCALL SPOOL.
