>Hello,
>
>I have an app in Windows that creates reports using DOS-only definitions. This is done to allow preview using MODIFY FILE (and hence search capabilities not possible in a graphical preview). If the user wishes to print a segment of the report, I issue a RUN COPY FOX12CPI.drv+PAGERNG.asc LPT1 >NUL
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>FOX12CPI.drv contains control codes for landscape, 12 cpi, etc...
>PAGERNG.asc is the text extraction of the pages to be printed.
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>This has worked fine for years until the user switched to Windows NT 4.0
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>Now the RUN COPY doesn't work anymore.
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>I succeeded in getting the PRINT option to play a macro that brings up the File/Print dialog, makes the selections and prints the file. Works great, except.... File/Print is ignored if running an EXE.
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>What I need, simply, is to print an ASCII file (that can contain its printer codes if needed). Note that the file must print in FoxFont (to support graphic lines, french accents and non-proportional spacing).
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>Do you know of a magical way to do this ? and why would File/Print not be supported in runtime ?
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>Your help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Henry Dagher

Actually RUN COPY still works in WinNT, but you should first tell computer where LPT1 located. So you firstly
RUN Net Use LPT1: \\server\printer /persistent:yes
and now you can
RUN COPY filename LPT1