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From: Roga Danar <smithm@stelnj.com>
Subject: Re: Ada i-face to printer on WIN NT 4.0.
Date: 1998/10/15
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Dmitriy Anisimkov wrote:

> Roga Danar wrote:
> >   I am looking for some sample Ada code that will provide a way to send
> > data to a printer.
>
> Simply open a text file with "LPT1" or "PRN" name and write there.

Hi Dmitriy,

  I just attempted the suggestion and it failed with an exception.  I pretty
sure if it were a DOS program it would be okay, but I think the WIN NT OS is
controlling the port.

  Thanks for the reply, however.

Michael (smithm@stelnj.com)