Re: Workstation Customization Objects

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Douglas

There are sections in the source for a WSCST (RTVWSCST will get you the 
source) for orientation and all the other aspects. If you specify a page 
size that is portrait, it will use the portrait value in the WSCST. 
Fonts? There are font setting in OVRPRTF/CRTPRTF - I just looked at 
source for the *IBM3812 *WSCST and see various items related to fonts.

Here's the "is it plugged in" question - have you looked at the 
Workstation Customization Programming manual? It's out there.

As to garbage characters, does the rest of the document print correctly? 
Or is it multiple pages with a line or 2 of garbage at the top? This 
usually means you have a mismatch between the data stream going to the 
printer and what the printer can process - extreme case would be sending 
an Epson set of codes to an HP printer.

HTH
Vern

On 8/23/2016 9:20 AM, Englander, Douglas wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can find the characteristics of a spool file that trigger the Tags that are set up in a Workstation Customization Object (the Tags defined in the source)?
>
> For example:
> - What triggers Host Transformation to send the hex codes defined in specific tags? How does it determine switching to Landscape? How does it determine the font codes to send?
> - What would I need to put either on a print line or OVRPRTF/CRTPRTF commands to have the printer switch to landscape and use a specific font, assuming the hex codes in the Tags were set correctly?
>
> Also, does anyone know how I research where the garbage characters (i.e. smiley faces and other strange things) come from when using a WSCST? I scan the source for specific codes that appear as garbage, but do not see the tags where they are used.
>
> Thank you