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"Error: Invalid Filename" In Control Printer
DocumentID: 654648
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:32 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: The error message, "Error: Invalid Filename" appeared in Control Printer because the customer had set the port in WordPerfect to LPT1=COM1 in an effort to redirect LPT1 to COM1. This caused WP to interpret the port entry as a file. Changing the port to COM1 and entering LPT1=COM1 in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file corrected the problem.

The same error appeared when a user entered the MODE statement for the printer port, using option 8, instead of in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (COM1,9600,8,N,1). As in the above problem, the command was read as a filename, and the commas were recognized as invalid characters in the filename. Changing the port to the correct setting (COM1) eliminated the error message.

*This information is given as a troubleshooting option.

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