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let vert=.900
print #prtfile:"[POSITION(.5,"&STR$(vert)&")]"&"SOME TEXT"

Susan Smith wrote:Hi folks,

I'm trying to use the POSITION feature in PRINTER.SYS. This is from PRINTER.SYS:

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rem	*****  NWP only Positioning In Inches e.g [POSITION](2.34,4.25)
rem     *****  -parameters indicate horizontal and then vertical positions-
PRINTER NWP [POSITION], "\Eposition="
PRINTER NWP [POSITION(hhh,vvv)], "\Eposition='hhh,vvv'"
rem hhh denotes horizontal and vvv denotes vertical

Is there a way to use a variable to specify the horizontal and vertical positions?
If I use the following, nothing prints:

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let vert=.900
print #prtfile:"[POSITION(.5,vert)]"&"SOME TEXT"

But if I use a literal, it works:

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print #prtfile:"[POSITION(.5,.900)]"&"SOME TEXT"

Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?

-- Susan