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forum:printmanager:how-to-start-the-printclient-in-gui-mode-already-containing-the-current-queue [2008/08/07 09:13]
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forum:printmanager:how-to-start-the-printclient-in-gui-mode-already-containing-the-current-queue [2023/11/19 22:46] (current)
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 ===== Solution ===== ===== Solution =====
 If the PrintClient should be started in GUI mode containing the current queue than this queue must be known to the PrintClient. Because the PrintClient cannot interact with iNEWS directly it can read the system name and queue it should print from the Windows clipboard. So if you want the PrintClient to start in GUI mode containing the current iNEWS queue you have to copy the system name and the current queue into the Windows clipboard and start the PrintClient with the command line argument //-c//. The system and queue name in the Windows clipboard must have the following syntax: <​code>​[system_name]queue_name</​code>​ the queue name is being separated by dots. If the PrintClient should be started in GUI mode containing the current queue than this queue must be known to the PrintClient. Because the PrintClient cannot interact with iNEWS directly it can read the system name and queue it should print from the Windows clipboard. So if you want the PrintClient to start in GUI mode containing the current iNEWS queue you have to copy the system name and the current queue into the Windows clipboard and start the PrintClient with the command line argument //-c//. The system and queue name in the Windows clipboard must have the following syntax: <​code>​[system_name]queue_name</​code>​ the queue name is being separated by dots.
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 ===== Detailed solution ===== ===== Detailed solution =====
   - To copy the current queue into the Windows clipboard create an iNEWS button or keyboard macro containing the following macro for german iNEWS clients:<​code>​{alt fa}{home}[NRCS]{home}{shift {end}}{ctrl c}{esc}</​code>​or for english iNEWS clients<​code>​{alt wo}{home}[NRCS]{home}{shift {end}}{ctrl c}{esc}</​code>​ NRCS has to be replaced by your iNEWS system name.   - To copy the current queue into the Windows clipboard create an iNEWS button or keyboard macro containing the following macro for german iNEWS clients:<​code>​{alt fa}{home}[NRCS]{home}{shift {end}}{ctrl c}{esc}</​code>​or for english iNEWS clients<​code>​{alt wo}{home}[NRCS]{home}{shift {end}}{ctrl c}{esc}</​code>​ NRCS has to be replaced by your iNEWS system name.
-  - To start the PrintClient reading the system name and queue from the Windows clipboard create another button containing <​code>​{your_printclient_program_dir}\printclient.exe</​code>​in the //Command Line// field and<​code>​-c</​code>​in the //Options// field. ​Where {your_printclient_program_dir} has to be replaced by the directory your PrintClient is installed in.+  - To start the PrintClient reading the system name and queue from the Windows clipboard create another button containing ​the following line in the //Command Line// field:<​code>​{your_printclient_program_dir}\printclient.exe</​code> ​and the following line in the //Options// field:<​code>​-c</​code>​Where {your_printclient_program_dir} has to be replaced by the directory your PrintClient is installed in.
  
  
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