"Dr. Ferenc Nagy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear Mr. Claluna, Gentle list members:
>
>I wanted to write large files (Eugene Volokh's book from the VECSL
>account) on a local printer without generating a big spoolfile or
>transferable file.  I tried to use logging via the "[esc]&oCLOG..."
>commands from a Pascal program copying the files from the disk to the
>terminal. 
>The text was not logged on the printer.
>
>The essence of the operation is summed in the test files. 
>I expected that the "Print this!" and "Print that, too!" lines 
>would printed on my loocal Laserjet printer, if I execute
>:COPY FROM=TESTLOG;TO=
>under Minisoft92 and AdvanceLink, respectively.
>Instead, I got under Minisoft 92 "OFF could not be executed".
>-------TESTLOG.S92-------------
>Test of LOG command
>&oCCLOSE PRINTER
>&oCOPEN PRINTER
>&oCLOG
>Print this!
>&oCOFF
>Do not print that!
>&oCLOG
>Print that, too!
>Page eject:
>
>&oCOFF
>&oCCLOSE PRINTER
>Do not print that, either!
>-----------TESTLOG.ADV---------------------
>est of LOG command
>^[&oCLOG OFF
>^[&oCLOGFILE "PRN"
>Print this!
>^[&oLOGFILE OFF
>Do not print that!
>^[&oCLOGFILE "PRN"
>Print that, too!
>Page eject:
>^L
>^[&oCLOGFILE OFF
>Do not print that, either!
>------------------------------------------
>Who sees the error?
>                       TIA
>
> 
>                                             Frank
>
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Dear Frank,

The answer is easy:
OFF is not a MiniSoft Script Command by itself, it is a parameter to the LOG
command.
The correct syntax therefore is:
        LOG OFF

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Bernard Clalüna, Technical Support
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