Print Destination Addressing

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Navigation: Using the Cobwebb Designer > Defining Destination Address Details

If you wish to retrieve information from the Output pane to determine the Output Queue for your print then you would use the Address tool. Select the Address icon or press 0. Select the data from the Output pane using your mouse. If you open the Explorer view you will see the Address Element, you need to select this element and drag it into your Print Output Device. Now select Properties for this element and on the Address tab you will see that Destination is the default type. If you click on the arrow to the right of the type entry you will see that there are several other options.

Valid print address elements are: -

Element name

Description

Destination

Destination for your file output.

Note: An Exit program may be defined in your Print Output Device if you wish to retrieve the required output device; in this case you would pass the information to the Exit program using the Destination.

For more information on Print Exit programs please refer to the topic Cobwebb Print Exit Program.

Note: The Delete box is not enabled for this type of Address element but you can do this by going to the Destination tab for your Output Device and change the Destination Type to be one of the entries suffixed (Delete).

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This element is for you to select data to breakdown your print output into individual spool files. This information is copied to the Page tab for your Output Device. For further explanation please refer to the topic on Print Output Device Settings.

Note: The Delete box is not enabled for this type of Address element but you can do this by going to the Page tab for your Output Device and change the Comparison Type to be one of the entries suffixed (Delete).