Posted by Barbara Brazil on February 28, 2006 at 13:10:39:
In Reply to: Re: Spooler Message posted by Barbara Brazil on February 27, 2006 at 09:00:57:
Robert:
OK we understand what's going on with the extra line feed. And I'll tell you that you wouldn't get an extra line feed if you could put the (SpoolMessage=) in the same PRINT as some "real" print data or just put it in a FORMAT statement.
Here's why. Every PRINT generates a line feed. This is because even if you print just the null string to the output device you want a linefeed. If there's a problem it's that Comet isn't smart enough to recognize the only items in the print list are special mnemonics. If it could know this, it would make sense to not do the line feed.
It appears as though this is done properly for special mnemonics in a FORMAT rather than directly in a PRINT. Jim's got a solution to try. We'll keep you posted. In the meantime, try a FORMAT.
thanks,
bb