Spooler Files

[Mike]

I posted this awhile back and received a response that the Spooler Service
had to be shut down in order for the jobs to disapear off the Print Manager
List. However if I am doing this for a remote system it is not always
possible to shut the spooler service down, so I am wondering if there is
another way to have the jobs disapear from the print manager list.

Thanks for any info.

Mike


Can someone assist me in this.

If I delete the .shd and the .spl files from the spool directory and then
open the Print Manager for the printer the print jobs are still listed. I
know I can just do a document delete to get rid of them, but is there any
way to have them not show after the .spl file have been manully deleted. Is
this information retained elsewhere on the system.

Thanks for any information.

Mike

 

[Carey Gregory]

I posted this awhile back and received a response that the Spooler Service
had to be shut down in order for the jobs to disapear off the Print Manager
List. However if I am doing this for a remote system it is not always
possible to shut the spooler service down, so I am wondering if there is
another way to have the jobs disapear from the print manager list.

I'm afraid you got the correct answer the first time.

Deleting .spl and .shd files isn't a supported way of deleting print jobs,
so there's no reason to expect there's going to be a solution that fits your
unusual needs. A program could be written *very* easily that would do what
you want to do. If you really need to do it this way, then hire someone to
write the program for you. (Not trying to sell services, just telling you
the truth.)