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- From: nige@werple.apana.org.au (Nigel Senior)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: How to spool file from within program
- Date: 10 Jan 1993 19:39:20 +1100
- Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
- Lines: 31
- Message-ID: <1ionboINN7qr@werple.apana.org.au>
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- Summary: Can anyone tell me how to fix my spooling problem
- Keywords: print spool dos
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- : I am writing an application which requires printing large amounts of
- : graphics related data. The production of the data is fast but I am
- : continually held up by the printer speed. As a fix I have changed my code
- : so that the data goes to a file and then I spool the file. The problem is
- : that I am unable to get a succesfull spool. I have tried using a BIOS
- : call but only a portion of the file gets printed. I have tried using the
- : exec command but adjusting for memory use is very hit and miss.
- : When I manage to get a succesfull "exec print filename" I get a dos
- : message splattered across my screen (even piping the output does not
- : work). Does anyone know how I would be able to use the BIOS call
- : successfully or where I could find a real spooler for DOS.
- :
- : cheers and thanks in advance
- :
- : Nigel senior (Melbourne Australia)
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