Axiant, NT, Printing - UPDATE

[Marcinik, Roger]

Thanks to everyone who provided us with tips on printing in Axiant running
on NT.

The 11-year-old application here was sending many reports automatically to
print.  Users come and go.
The current set of users wanted some reports stored on disc where they could
be called up for printing on demand.

So, here's what management and project leaders decided here during the
migration to Axiant from HP:

All QUIZ now uses SET REPORT DEVICE DISC NAME C:\TEMP\filename.  A USE file
sets the page width & length.

We experimented with Word and found a suitable font size (Plain Text,
Courier, 9) and line length for portrait (57) and landscape (53) reports.  

Now after running a report, the users use Word to open the filename.txt
report for viewing on screen, for printing, emailing, or faxing.  Portrait
reports require no more than open.  We wrote a macro to properly format
landscape reports and added it to a toolbar.

So far the users are quite happy with this solution.  We also have the
option of STARTing Word automatically after the QUIZ is run.
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