| 1 | eCS (OS/2) Universal Port Driver
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| 2 | Version _VERSION_
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| 3 | Build _BUILD_
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| 4 | ________________________________
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| 5 | preliminary readme
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| 6 | CONTENTS
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| 7 | ________
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| 8 |
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| 9 | 1. Introduction
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| 10 | 2. License
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| 11 | 3. nderungshistorie
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| 12 |
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| 13 |
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| 14 | 1. Introduction
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| 15 | _______________
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| 16 |
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| 17 | The eCS (OS/2) Universal Port Driver (UNI.PDR) redirects the datastream
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| 18 | from a printer port to a program. It has been tested to work with
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| 19 |
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| 20 | - ePDF.exe
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| 21 | - smbspool.exe
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| 22 |
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| 23 | successfully, but should work with any program being capable to accept a
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| 24 | file as an argument on the commandline.
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| 25 |
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| 26 | uni.pdr is (like smb.pdr and cups.pdr) based upon Serge Starcks lpr32.pdr.
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| 27 | Unlike the above 2 pdrs, which have the program to service hardcoded into
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| 28 | the driver, uni.pdr allows program, parameters and working directory to be
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| 29 | configured individually.
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| 30 |
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| 31 | When configuring the parameter field, make sure to have the %file% token
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| 32 | on the commandline as a placeholder where the pdr will put the real filename
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| 33 | during operation.
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| 34 |
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| 35 | By and large uni.pdr has the same functionality that eRedMan provides. However
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| 36 | while eRedMan has a smarter GUI right now and some nice assistant to create
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| 37 | proper commandlines, uni.pdr is much more robust in operation. Especially
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| 38 | uni.pdr honors the order of the jobs being sent to the port, while eRedMan
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| 39 | does not.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | 2. License
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| 42 | __________
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| 43 |
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| 44 | Same as smb.pdr, cups.pdr and lpr32.pdr. To be specified yet.
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| 45 |
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| 46 |
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| 47 | 3. nderungshistorie
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| 48 | ____________________
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| 49 |
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| 50 | v1.0 alpha1:
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| 51 | - changelog created
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| 52 | - got it working
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| 53 |
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| 54 | v1.0 alpha2:
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| 55 | - find button added
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| 56 | - working directory added
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| 57 |
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| 58 | v1.0 alpha3:
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| 59 | - parameters are split into separate parameters internally
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| 60 | (as required by smbspool.exe and most likely other programs, too)
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| 61 | - fixed token replacement logic (diver)
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