I posted this question in the General Visual Basic forum and nobody appears to know or care. Can anyone here help me?
I am using an old DOS program under Windows 98 and Windows ME. This program "prints" some information to a printer or to the screen but only if it finds a "ready" printer connected to LPT1. I need to "print" information to the screen when I am away from my printer (ie during a trip, or on a plane). How can I "trick" this program to believe there is a printer connected. Hint: if I connect to a printer on my network mapped to lpt1, I can "print" to the screen without problems. If I then disconnect my RJ-45 cable I can still "print" because the program "thinks" the printer is still available. Can I run a little app to embed some 1's or 0's somewhere?
Thanks
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I am using an old DOS program under Windows 98 and Windows ME. This program "prints" some information to a printer or to the screen but only if it finds a "ready" printer connected to LPT1. I need to "print" information to the screen when I am away from my printer (ie during a trip, or on a plane). How can I "trick" this program to believe there is a printer connected. Hint: if I connect to a printer on my network mapped to lpt1, I can "print" to the screen without problems. If I then disconnect my RJ-45 cable I can still "print" because the program "thinks" the printer is still available. Can I run a little app to embed some 1's or 0's somewhere?
Thanks
Luis
