COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Libraries and Utility Routines
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Guardian Environment Level 3 Spooling Routines
Guardian Environment Level 3 Spooling
Routines
Before the CBL85UTL file included the routines COBOL85^SPECIAL^OPEN and
COBOL_SPECIAL_OPEN_, the Guardian environment routines in Table 13-19 were
used for level 3 spooling. They were called with the ENTER verb.
For information on these routines, see the Guardian Procedure Calls Reference
Manual.
Table 13-19. Guardian Environment Level 3 Spooling Routines
Routine Action
CLOSE Closes the spooler collector
OPEN Opens the spooler collector
SPOOLCONTROL Handles VFU channel skipping
SPOOLCONTROLBUF Handles the loading of programmable VFU for the model 5220
printer
SPOOLEND Signals the end of a spooler job and can change attributes before
a new spooler job starts without closing and reopening the
spooler collector
SPOOLSETMODE Sets automatic perforation skipping, system spacing control,
baud rate, form length, vertical tabs, automatic-answer or control-
answer mode, horizontal pitch, pre- or post-spacing, get device
status, or reset to configured values
SPOOLSTART Establishes the Level 3 buffer, location name, form name, report
name, number of copies, page size, and attributes such as HOLD
and PRIORITY
SPOOLWRITE Writes text to the spooler