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selectmedia(8.5,11,'Danny',&mcolor,20,0,0)

The code above will generate the following PostScript code (notice how the variable was

not replaced by its value).

612 792 0 ^SM (Danny) &mcolor 20 ^SPM

SelectPrinter (procedure)

This command is used to select the printer on which the next page set will be sent. It can be used to select the same physical

printer with different options, or a different printer altogether. It is meant to be used with the EndPageSet() command. This

command can currently be used only for Windows Printing.

Syntax

selectprinter(printername)

Arguments

printername

String identifying a printer queue.

Example

Refer to the code example given in the section describing the EndPageSet command on page 1.

Set (procedure)

This command assigns a new value to a variable. Only user-defined variables can be set. System variables are read-only.

Note that you can also use the assignment operator to assign a value to a variable. See "= (operator)" (page 393).

Syntax

set( name, value )

Arguments

name

Variable name, prefixed with the ampersand (&) character. The variable name must already exist.

value

New value to store in the variable. This value can be any valid PlanetPress Talk expression, as long as its type is the same as

the variable's original type.

Code Sample Example

set( &invoice_number, (&invoice_number + 1) )

set( &is_bottom, (not(&is_top) and not(&is_middle)) )

&tax_rates[2] :=32