How print tekst on parallel printer?

[cherno]

I've borland c++

have already tryed

openfile "prn" and "lpt1" but they don't work..

can someone pls help me?

thx!

 

[Totte]

Borland C++? Version? Borland C++ Builder?

Totte
Keep making it perfect and it will end up broken.

 

[cherno]

eum Borland C++ version 4.52

 

[cherno]

even the fprintf( stdprn,"test/n/r/f" );

shows the text on my screen :s


stupid borland...

is there a code i can execute dos commando's like "print xxx.txt" thx!

 

[2ffat]

The standard output in C/C++ is the screen. Show us the code you used to print to lpt1:. That ought to have worked.



James P. Cottingham
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^{To determine how long it will take to write and debug a program, take your best estimate, multiply that by two, add one, and convert to the next higher units.}

 

[cherno]

that is the problem, it never worked, and i'm despered for a solution..

But maybe i need to make a project on other ways?

now i use "Easy Win(.exe)"
with the options in advanced: .C node, and .rc and .def vinked off..

so i use .c not .cpp maybe that is fault?

 

[2ffat]

I do it all the time with the standard template language. The problem is your version pre-dates the STL so it may not work the same.

std::ofstream OFile; // stream set up
OFile.open("LPT1:", std::ios::app); // open printer for append

if (!OFile)
{
   // Something went wrong
   Application->MessageBox("Could not open file for processing!", "File Error", MB_OK); // might not work in 4.52
}
else
{
    // Print
    OFile << "Printing something!" << std::endl;
}

In version 3 there was a standard printer but that was removed in later versions.


James P. Cottingham
-----------------------------------------
^{To determine how long it will take to write and debug a program, take your best estimate, multiply that by two, add one, and convert to the next higher units.}