DOS not working in Windows XP

[Lloyd Plantholt]

I have upgraded to Windows XP and all the print programs do not work.
I was using Windows 98 when it all worked...
My code has: open LPT1 for output as #2 and then I write to #2.
Is there a special coding that I need to use with Windows XP ????
I hope someone can give me an answer to this because I have a lot of these programs....

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[Michael Mattias]

I believe printing is not going to start until at least you close the file; and IIRC perhaps not until the process ends.

[John McWilliams]

Try the following:

NET USE LPT1: \\<server>\<printer>

(example: NET USE LPT1: \\IO\HP_8000DN_12B56)

Now try to print to LPT1:, I think you'll see an improvement.

When you set up a printer under NT (NT/W2K/XP), it asks if you
want to let DOS programs print to the printer, You should answer
"YES".

[Lance Edmonds]

Originally posted by John McWilliams:
When you set up a printer under NT (NT/W2K/XP), it asks if you
want to let DOS programs print to the printer, You should answer
"YES".

FYI, Windows 2000 does not offer that option, so you generally have to use the command-line NET USE method. I'm not sure if XP offers that option either (I'll double-check shortly).




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Lance
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[George Bleck]

As per NET USE /? on a WinXP machine I get:

NET USE
[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
        [/USER:[domainname\]username]
        [/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
        [/USER:[[email protected] domain name]
        [/SMARTCARD]
        [/SAVECRED]
        [[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]

So it would appear it would still work.

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but new things to learn are increasing exponentially.
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George W. Bleck
Lead Computer Systems Engineer
KeySpan Corporation
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[Lance Edmonds]

Confirmed...XP/Pro does not offer the "Allow DOS applications to print with this printer" option either.

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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