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Printing a file directly to a printer
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows XP
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01351589
Message ID:
01351593
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24
Check RawPrint.vcx from Downloads section here.

>I have aprinting application residing on a novell server, that I send a print job to a printer via the nprint command.
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>Now the user is moving away from novell, and the same printer i now on an ip address.
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>The easiest way to print to the printer is local via the command copy filename lpt1:
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>I have been trying to use the copyfile api function. via
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>Declare INTEGER CopyFile IN KERNEL32.DLL ;
>	STRING @SourceFileName, ;
>	STRING @DestFileName, ;
>	INTEGER bFailIfExists
>lnError=CopyFile(cSourceFileName,cPortOrUNC,0)
>
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>cSourceFileName='Test.Txt'
>cPortorUNC=\\192.168.1.70 - the address of the printer on the new network
>
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>Or is their a simpler way to send a text file to this printer. This printer expects a text file, with all control codes in it.
>Mike
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