diff --git a/include/printapp.cpp b/include/printapp.cpp
index c1fa3b9cc..df18e59d8 100755
--- a/include/printapp.cpp
+++ b/include/printapp.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//      $Id: printapp.cpp,v 1.17 1995-02-17 09:16:57 villa Exp $      
+//      $Id: printapp.cpp,v 1.18 1995-02-21 10:21:35 villa Exp $      
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ bool TPrint_application::print_one (int file)
 {
   int i = 0;
 
-  if ((_prind && _prind->iscancelled ()) || printer ().frozen ())
+  if ((_prind && _prind->iscancelled()) || printer().frozen())
     if (_cancelled = cancel_hook()) return FALSE;
 
   if (!_print_defined)
diff --git a/include/strings.cpp b/include/strings.cpp
index 93ed40a9a..a70d90ae5 100755
--- a/include/strings.cpp
+++ b/include/strings.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ TString& TString::strip(const char* k)
 }
 
 
+bool TString::blank() const
+{
+  if (empty()) return TRUE;
+  for (int i = 0; _str[i]; i++)
+    if (!isspace(_str[i])) 
+      return FALSE;
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 TString& TString::strip_spaces()
 {
   char instring = '\0';
diff --git a/include/strings.h b/include/strings.h
index cb03dcaf4..09ab628ee 100755
--- a/include/strings.h
+++ b/include/strings.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
   int len() const { return strlen(_str); }
   bool empty() const { return *_str == '\0'; }
   bool not_empty() const { return *_str != '\0'; }
+  bool blank() const;     // TRUE se e' vuota o contiene solo whitespace
 
   int find(char, int from = 0) const;   // Ritorna la posizione del carattere char nell'oggetto TString
   int find(const char* s, int from = 0) const; // Ritorna la posizione della stringa s nell'oggetto TString