Interfacing batch command files with PRTDEF

OK lets try this since noone bit at this. On the PRTDEF command how can the USERID and FILENAME be passed to a command on the PRTDEF?

What are you trying to accomplish? Take PRTDEF out the picture for a
moment and describe to us the business problem you are trying to solve. I
can only speak for myself, but your original post is a bit confusing.

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All right, Lets try something a little less obtuse.
1. Take a print file from the print manager. Any file out there
2. Direct it to a third party spooling application. Doc Express is not and will not be installed or considered.
3. The file can be spooled to this third party app using a command line command lpr.
4. This command requires an IP address, filename and a couple of parms that are recognized by the third party app to spool to a particular printer, select forms etc.. Just one command and pretty simple.
5. The number of possible destinations and permutations of print file to forms or locations might be prohibitive to set up a printer definition for each one of the possibilities.

So how do I get a print file from print manager, identify the file and its location and send it to an lpr command at the time of printing? PORTAL and LID

Hope this clarifies it for you a little bit more. Thanks for responding.

Just curious. Did you ever get this resolved? I am trying to execute an lpr command in a script from Lawson Print Manager and it is throwing errors that scroll to fast so I can't see them. The script works fine from the command line. Thank you.