Everhart, Glenn From: Hans.Bachner@altavista.net Sent: Sunday, February 07, 1999 6:48 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: DCPS & unwanted gray bars Dave Greenwood wrote on Fri, 05 Feb 1999 09:55:57 -0500 (EST): >For the last couple of days, text >files have been printing with a gray bar background (simulating the old >green bar line printer paper). I can't figure out why. The queues are >all initialized with /DEFAULT=(FORM=DCPS$DEFAULT (stock=DEFAULT)). The >DCPS$queue_PARAMETER logicals are all "LAYUP=LPS$DEFAULT". So far as I >know, no one has intentionally tried to print using a gray bar form. If you have a DCPS-PLUS PAK loaded (or another PAK which includes DCPS-PLUS, like some of the NAS (NET-APP-SUP-nnn) PAKs, you get this behaviour. To modify this behaviour, there are two options: - on a case-by-case base: use the DATA_TYPE keyword of the /PARAMETER qualifier (e.g. /PARAMETER=DATA_TYPE=ANSI) - on a system wide level: -- copy SYS$SHARE:DCPS$FILE_EXTENSION_DATA_TYPE.DAT_DEFAULT to SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]DCPS$FILE_EXTENSION_DATA_TYPE.DAT (if the latter does not yet exist) -- edit SYS$SHARE:DCPS$FILE_EXTENSION_DATA_TYPE.DAT and remove the file types you do not want to have the grey bar background from the "LIST:" section. You could also move them to the "ANSI:" section which would speed up automatic datatype selection a bit. Hope this helps, ---------------- speaking only for myself ---------------- Hans Bachner Compaq Computer Austria Compaq Customer Services - Software Support Office E-Mail: bachner@lnzali.enet.dec.com or Hans.Bachner@compaq.com Private E-Mail: Hans.Bachner@altavista.net