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A client wants to be able to print all the Pages in the presentation I've built for them. If you use Print Page in OPUS, any "Initially Hidden" Objects do NOT print, plus there's only one Page per printed page. I'd also have to have 72 Print Page commands -- not a good idea.

While in the OPUS Editor, you can go to File --> Print, and you have the option to print multiple Pages on a single page (like PowerPoint). This also prints Hidden Objects. The best part is you can ouput to a PRN file!

Once I've run this feature, I get "Output.PRN" with all the information I want. I then used NotePad to created a BAT file (PRINT.BAT) with this Command Line:

COPY output.prn LPT1: /B

I finally created a Button Object with a Left Mouse Trigger, and an Action of Launch file PRINT.BAT. This all works perfectly, and prints 6 Pages per page. The problem is the Launch window stays open after printing. Is there a way to get the Launch window to automatically close after running the BAT file?

Try adding these two lines at the end of your batch file:

cls
@exit

Fred,

Steve Henson posted the following in the Tips and Tricks section on the Illuminatus Forum. Batch files auto-closing (page 7)

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For those who require to launch and run a DOS batch file in Opus or ILM you want the *.bat file to terminate (self close) itself and not stay open in Windows. Here is the command to add as your last line in your batch file.

for %%v in ("prompt $e[m" "echo on" cls) do %%v

Steve
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It works OK with Win XP
Leo

Leo --

That Steve Henson is one SMART Austrialian!!!!!! I did a copy and paste into a new last line of the PRINT.BAT file. The font was wrong, so I got 9696 instead of %%. I changed the font and it popped in correctly.

I clicked the print Button in the presentation, and the PRINT.BAT window opened, started to print, and closed!!! Perfect!!!! Thanks for remembering to look on the old Illuminatus Forum Tips & Tricks board. DW should add that one to their section on FAQs.

Now Added to FAQ Section.

Regards

Brenden Knifton