BARR/SPOOL manual

12. Startup Instructions

Once you have installed and configured the BARR/SPOOL software, you are ready to start BARR/SPOOL. You will go through this startup process each time you use BARR/SPOOL. Whether you are running BARR/SPOOL for the first time or the hundredth time, your steps are the same.

BARR/SPOOL can be started in any of the following ways:

If you are using Print Spooling or LAN Connections, before starting BARR/SPOOL, execute the DOS SHARE command to load support for file sharing.

Startup from the Installation Description Screen

This method of starting BARR/SPOOL gives you an opportunity to change the configuration of the software.

Step 1

If you are not already on the Installation Description screen, enter the following command at a DOS prompt:

SPOOL i

Step 2

Change your BARR/SPOOL configuration as needed.

Refer to chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 for instructions to change your BARR/SPOOL configuration.

Step 3

Exit the installation screens and save your changes. From the Installation Description screen:

Select Exit and Save Changes.

Step 4

To run BARR/SPOOL, from the Exit Options screen:

Select Begin Communication at the Operation screen.

Startup from a DOS Prompt

This method of starting BARR/SPOOL uses the existing configuration.

Step 1

From a DOS prompt, enter:

SPOOL

Startup at Power-On of the PC

This method of starting BARR/SPOOL uses the existing configuration.

Step 1

Edit your AUTOEXEC or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which contains the commands to be executed at power-on (or boot-up) of the PC.

Add the startup command C:\BARR\SPOOL.

Startup with Different Configuration Files

When starting BARR/SPOOL, you can specify a configuration file that contains different configuration parameters. The applications for configuration files include moving your configuration settings to a new version of the program, communicating with more than one host computer, and changing the way BARR/SPOOL functions during different times of the day.

Step 1

Create additional configuration files.

Refer to Chapter 10 for instructions about creating configuration files.

Step 2

From a DOS prompt, run BARR/SPOOL with a parameter to specify a configuration file:

SPOOL @filename

For example, to run BARR/SPOOL using the configuration file NIGHT.CFG, you would enter SPOOL @NIGHT.CFG.