OpenEuphoria

Re: Printing Help

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Feb 09, 2006
• 695 views

Jason Gade wrote:
> 
> George Walters wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I'm trying to open and print to a network printer like this
> > 
> > }}}
<eucode>
> >     dosFn = open("IP_192.168.1.52", "w") -- a windows port
> >     prtFn = open(args[3], "r")
> >     if dosFn !=0 then
> >     	tmp = gets(prtFn)
> >         while not atom(tmp) do
> >         	if find("+p", tmp) then
> >         		puts(dosFn, 12)
> >         	else
> > 	            puts(dosFn,tmp)
> > 	        end if
> > 	        --puts(1, tmp)
> >             tmp = gets(prtFn)
> >         end while
> >         close(dosFn)
> >     end if
> > </eucode>
{{{

> > 
> > However the program works fine but prints to a file of that name and not
> > to the port where the printer is attached.
> > 
> > What have I done wrong, or can I not do this.
> > 
> > I have working routines using win32 but for this application I wanted to
> > print
> > directly to the printer.
> 
> I don't think you can open an IP that way, you probably have to use some kind
> of networking library.
> 
> But the main reason I replied is that open() will return -1, not 0, if it
> fails.
> --
> "Any programming problem can be solved by adding a level of indirection."
> --anonymous
> "Any performance problem can be solved by removing a level of indirection."
> --M. Haertel
> j.

But with a little googling and experimenting, I found that you can print a file
with the following line (just make sure the printer you want is set as the
default printer)

system("start /min /normal notepad.exe /p " & args[3],2)

--
"Any programming problem can be solved by adding a level of indirection."
--anonymous
"Any performance problem can be solved by removing a level of indirection."
--M. Haertel
j.