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RealWorld Printing Script by Bruce Baumann
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© August 2001 Bruce Baumann
Bruce Baumann offers this script as an example of controlling print jobs from RealWorld or other similar applications that allow you to specify a program to be used for printing. This script can be easily extended to do other functions.
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#
####################################
# #
# RealWorld printer output muncher #
# #
####################################
#
# WARNING:
# If you can not read gawk script and / or do not know how to setup
# RealWorld start up files then find someone who can do this for you
# *** OR YOU COULD TRASH YOUR WHOLE REALWORLD SYSTEM AND OTHER STUFF ***
# .... Ha Ha Ha Ha Harrrr ...
#
# NOTE:
# This has only been tested with...
# - GNU gawk V3 (From the Skunkware distribution CD-ROM)
# - Australian Modified RealWorld V7
# - SCO OpenServer 5.0.x
# It could work with the DOS version of gawk and you will need to change
# the file pathnames accordingly ... Have a Go !!!
#
# To be configured as a print command in the RealWorld startup file.
#
# DD_PRINTER1=">[Path to gawk] -f [Path to this file] -v type=[Type of filter] -v printer=[name of printer]"
# export DD_PRINTER1
#
# DD_QC_PRINTER1=">/u/qc/bin/gawk -f /u/qc/bin/qc.gwk -v type=print -v printer=laserjet_1"
# export DD_PRINTER1
#
# For each type of filter define a function and trigger it from a
# main selection block. This will make the list of filters easier
# to find.
#
###################
# #
# Start Functions #
# #
###################
#
# rwPrint --
#
# Send contents of a file to a printer
#
function rwPrint(PRINTER,DATAFILE) {
if (PRINTER == "laserjet_1") {system("lpr -s -Tl -d laserjet_1 " DATAFILE)}
if (PRINTER == "laserjet_2") {system("lpr -s -Tl -d laserjet_2 " DATAFILE)}
}
#
# rwLogPrint --
#
# Capture a standard print job, send it to file with date and user name
# then print the file.
#
function rwLogPrint() {
# PATH="/u/qc/print"
PATH="/tmp"
NAME="rw.print." DATE "." USER ".dat"
DATAFILE=PATH "/" NAME
while (getline LINE > 0) {
print LINE > DATAFILE
}
close(DATAFILE)
rwPrint(PRINTER,DATAFILE)
}
#
# rwHtml --
#
# Capture a standard print job, send it to a file in a users home directory as html
# (Remove some printer codes and wrap it <PRE> tags ... :-)
#
function rwHtml() {
RS="014"
FS="\n"
# PATH=USERHOME
PATH="/tmp"
NAME="rw." USER ".html"
DATAFILE=PATH "/" NAME
print "<HTML><BODY TEXT=black BGCOLOR=white><B><PRE>" > DATAFILE
while (getline LINE > 0) {
gsub("\000","",LINE)
gsub("\014","",LINE)
gsub("\015","",LINE)
print LINE >> DATAFILE
}
print "</PRE></B></BODY></HTML>" >> DATAFILE
close(DATAFILE)
}
#
# rwStatementV3 --
#
# RealWorld A/R Statements
# - AR statement format 3
#
# Capture a statement print job, send it to file with date and user name
# Send contents of a file to a printer
#
function rwStatementV3() {
# PATH="/u/qc/statements"
PATH="/tmp"
NAME="rw.stmt." DATE "." USER ".dat"
DATAFILE=PATH "/" NAME
printf ("") > DATAFILE
lineCount=0
while (getline LINE > 0) {
lineCount++
if (lineCount == 51) {printf ("\014", LINE) >> DATAFILE ; lineCount=0}
else {printf ("%s\n", LINE) >> DATAFILE}
}
close(DATAFILE)
rwPrint(PRINTER,DATAFILE)
}
#
# rwChequeRemitV4 --
#
# RealWorld A/P Checks and Remittances
# - Cheque format 4
# - Print company name on BOTH
# - Print cheque number on BOTH
#
# Capture a Cheque Remittance print job
# Add in printer form feeds for each Cheque / Remittance and a Heading
# Send it to file with date and user name
# Send contents of a file to a printer
#
function rwChequeRemitV4() {
# PATH="/u/qc/chkremit"
PATH="/tmp"
NAME="rw.chkremit." DATE "." USER ".dat"
DATAFILE=PATH "/" NAME
printf ("") > DATAFILE
lineCount=0
while (getline LINE > 0) {
if ((LINE ~ / [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\015$/) && (lineCount == 0)) {
#
# If this is the first line of the print job the data should be as above.
# Just print the data and the Remittance heading.
#
printf ("Cheque and Remittance...\n\n%s\n", LINE) > DATAFILE
}
else if ((LINE ~ / [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\015$/) && (lineCount > 0)) {
#
# If this is the first page or any other page of the print job the data
# should be 6 CR's plus the remittance data.
# Print the data for this page and the Remittance heading for the next page.
#
printf ("\014Cheque and Remittance...\n\n%s\n", LINE) > DATAFILE
}
else {
#
# Just print page data
#
printf ("%s\n", LINE) > DATAFILE
}
lineCount++
}
close(DATAFILE)
rwPrint(PRINTER,DATAFILE)
}
#
# rwRemitV4 --
#
# RealWorld A/P Checks
# - Cheque format 4
# - Print company name on BOTH
# - Print cheque number on BOTH
#
# Capture a Cheque print job
# Add in printer form feeds for each Remit and a Heading
# Send it to file with date and user name
# Send contents of a file to a printer
#
function rwRemitV4() {
# PATH="/u/qc/remit"
PATH="/tmp"
NAME="rw.remit." DATE "." USER ".dat"
DATAFILE=PATH "/" NAME
printf ("") > DATAFILE
lineCount=0
while (getline LINE > 0) {
x="\015\015\015\015\015\015"
if (LINE == x && lineCount == 0) {
#
# If this is the first line of the print job the data should be 6 CR's.
# Just print the data and the Remittance heading.
#
printf ("%sRemittance...\n", LINE) > DATAFILE
}
else if (LINE == x && lineCount > 0) {
#
# If this is the first page or any other page of the print job the data
# should be 6 CR's plus the remittance data.
# Print the data for this page and the Remittance heading for the next page.
#
printf ("\014%sRemittance...\n", LINE) > DATAFILE
}
else {
#
# Just print page data
#
printf ("%s\n", LINE) > DATAFILE
}
lineCount++
}
close(DATAFILE)
rwPrint(PRINTER,DATAFILE)
}
#
##################
# #
# Start Program #
# #
##################
#
# Do everything in the BEGIN statement
#
BEGIN {
RS="\n"
FS="\t"
#
# Setup some common variables
#
TYPE=type
# PRINTER=printer
PRINTER="xyz"
DATE=strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
USER=tolower(ENVIRON["LOGNAME"])
USERHOME=USER "/" home
#
# MAIN FILTER LIST
#
# For filter descriptions, see the function headers.
#
if (TYPE == "print") {rwLogPrint()}
if (TYPE == "html") {rwHtml()}
if (TYPE == "statement") {rwStatementV3()}
if (TYPE == "chkremit") {rwChequeRemitV4()}
if (TYPE == "remit") {rwRemitV4()}
}
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