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SYSTEM-PARM

FUNCTION

This Script-IV variable is an open-ended array system variable that contains information about the last printer opened by the OPEN PRINTER command and the lines per page for that printer.

SYNTAX

SYSTEM-PARM(1)
SYSTEM-PARM(2)

NOTES

  • SYSTEM-PARM(1) contains the device name of the last printer opened by the OPEN PRINTER command.
  • SYSTEM-PARM(2) contains the lines per page information from the printer assignment record for the last opened printer. For more information on the printer assignment record see the Printer Assignment section of the Dictionary-IV Administrator Guide.

EXAMPLES

LET A$ = SYSTEM-PARM(1)
LET P = SYSTEM-PARM(2)

SEE ALSO

LET, OPEN PRINTER, OPERATOR-PRINTER, PRINT TO PRINTER

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