Rockwell Automation 1747-PBASE BASIC Development Software Programming Manual - Manual (Page 94)

Publication 1746-PM001A-US-P
7-6 Printing Your Program
Printing All or Part of a
Document The Print menu, accessed from the main menu, allows you to print a block or file
directly from a window.
Path: Main Menu
→ → → →
Print
→ → → →
print current File
QuickStroke: none
Following is a brief explanation of the two print options available from the Print
menu. Remember that Hypertext help is available with more details.
•
Print current file

prints all of the file in the currently active window.
To abort printing at any time press
[Esc]
.
•
print marked Block

prints the currently marked block. This allows you
to print a portion of a file instead of the entire file. Refer to the block
operations discussion in Chapter 4 for information on the three block marking
methods.
There are other print options available by using the DOS shell. Refer to your DOS
manual for details.
Printing In Background
This requires that the DOS print spooler, PRINT.COM, be loaded prior to
running the BASIC Development Software. Also, there must be a path to where
the PRINT.COM file resides. Printing in the background is possible by:
1. Printing the file to disk.
2. Selecting it through the DOS directory shell (discussed in Appendix B).
3. Pressing
[F8]
.