A simple question about Ada

A simple question about Ada

[Perico de los Palotes]

Anybody can tell me how can I write something to printer?
Just like "put" writes to screen.

Thanks.

Re: A simple question about Ada

[John Herro]

perico@tinet.fut.es (Perico de los Palotes) writes:
> Anybody can tell me how can I write something
> to printer?  Just like "put" writes to screen.

On an IBM PC, I just use Ada.Text_IO to Create "PRN" in Out_File mode, as
if "PRN" were a file.  Then I just Put or Put_Line to that "file."  For
example,

with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
procedure Write_Hello is
   F : File_Type;
begin
   Create(F, Out_File, "PRN");
   Put_Line(F, "Hello");
   Close(F);
end Write_Hello;

Unfortunately, the procedure for writing to the printer will vary for
other platforms.

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