Custom/QC DOS^TM Metafile Driver FAQ

Problem:

Can't find file user specified as the output file.

Solution:

1). When the user gives a filename make sure that they DO NOT specify an extension. CQC automatically gives filenames their own extension beginning with FILENAME.000 and incrementing it automatically from there.

2). The filenames are ordered according to the items checked on the "Select Desired Output" screen in CQC. In other words, if they have Histogram and Descriptive Stats checked the following files would be generated:

Histogram = FILENAME.000
Descriptive Stats = FILENAME.001

Problem:

The user gets the following error:: Printer is not on or not ready / Disk Full. This generally occurs only in a network installation.

Solution:

The user has the METAOUTPUT environment variable set something like this:

SET METAOUTPUT=C:\CQC

In actuality it should look like the following:

SET METAOUTPUT=C:\CQC\METAFILE.DAT

For some reason CQC thinks the printer is off-line if this variable doesn't have a filename associated with it. This is probably a bug but the problem will go away with CQC for Windows, therefore this bug probably won't be addressed in the DOS version of the program.