WinCss Manual Page

Synopsis Description Options Notes See also Files

WinCss [-m] [-h host] [-p port]

With the help of the graphical Windows interface program WinCss, the end user can manage all administrative work of the CSS print environment, such as status queries, form change, priority control and so on. Operation of the program follows the usual Windows standards. Wherever possible, the right mouse button will open a popup menu for the given context. Spooler information is shown in data grids. Several grid cells allow to open a dialog window with a double click of the right mouse button. These fields are referred to as Data Field Buttons throughout the remainder of this document.

Many tasks can be accomplished by Drag And Drop operations. To do this, left click on an object and drag it with the mouse button pressed to the target object. By releasing the mouse button, a dialog window will open depending on context. As an example, you can initiate a form change by dragging a grid row of the Forms window onto a row of the Device window.

The following main windows are available:

Main Control	Main control window (Mini Toolbar) with buttons to open the data windows listed below.
Forms	Lists all forms defined in CSS.
Printers	Lists all printers defined in CSS. Actions include: stop printer, cancel printout, start printer, change mounted form.
Report Queue	Lists all the reports currently available in the queue. Actions include: change printout priority, hold, release, route, stop, view and delete.

The language of the WinCss dialogue may be selected in the menu View | Language. Other presentation objects like menu, status line and tool tips may also be turned on and off in the View menu. If the menu itself has been turned off, it can be reactivated by pressing the right mouse button over the toolbar.

Options

The following command line options are recognized by WinCss:

-h host	WinCss connects to the CSS server on the system with the IP address host.
-m	Normally WinCss starts up by directly jumping to the Report window. With the m-option you can open the Main Control window with the mini toolbar.
-p port	Defines the TCP/IP port number to be used. The default value is 6801, or the value entered in the program options. See also WinCss(C) and CssWs(U) in the Css online manual.

Notes

The slash '/ ' may be used as an alternate option character.

The Device windows indicates the following status information:

Printer Status

Description

ready Idle, currently nothing to print

start A printout is starting up

active Printing a report

busy The printer is currently in use by another software product with integrated spooler. (See also el-parameter in css.devices(C) in the online manual)

stop Currently printing, the printer will be stopped after the current printout.

routed to dev All output to the printer will be routed to the device dev.

off line The printer is turned off. This condition can only be detected on certain interfaces.

inactive The printer is stopped.

In the Report Preview window you may compress series of consecutive empty lines into one blank line.

When a grid row is selected with a left mouse click, its background color changes to a light yellow. Such selected items will be referred to as the current object in the remainder of this document (e.g. current report).