Re: st: RE: how do you print a help file?

[Fred Wolfe <fwolfe@arthritis-research.org>]

At 02:23 PM 12/13/2004, Fred Wolfe wrote:
> > Another possibility is to use the -translate- command to translate the 
> > .hlp file into PostScript (or pdf) and to print from there.  For example:
> >
> >
> > translate /path/to/mycommand.hlp mycommand.ps
>
> Another possibility is directly printing, as in:
>
> print c:/ado/personal/ndbfaq.hlp, like(smcl) header(off) logo(off) 
> fontsize(14)
>
> This works for me, except that I can't control the font size. It prints at 
> about 9. Perhaps someone knows how to change the font size.

As is often the case, a solution is found soon after the problem is stated. 
In this case,


. print c:/ado/personal/ndbfaq.hlp, like(smcl) header(off) logo(off) 
fontsize(18)

appears to produce an ~ 11 to 12 point font on the print out.

Fred



Fred Wolfe
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
Wichita, Kansas
Tel (316) 263-2125     Fax (316) 263-0761
fwolfe@arthritis-research.org


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