Redirect to LPT3 on WinXP

[herrld]

I am running a dos application from WinXP. I need to be able to direct printing from within my application, w/o user intervention, to the printer on LPT3. Before XP, the batch file used a setprt 3 to set the printer to LPT3. That no longer works. I can capture a specific printer to LPT3 from within my batch file, but I can't make the app use LPT3.
I don't have the option of using LPT1 (the users default printer).
Any suggestions?



Linda

 

[rjkrash]

This sound like an "environment" issue.

If all you are doing in your batch file is redirecting printing to LPT3 try creating a .PIF file directly to the application itself.

You can also setup a config file for the app's PIF to use. See config.nt in the winnt\system32 directory for an example of a config file. You can open the config file with Notepad.

You point the pif file to a config file from the PIF's Properties > Program TAB > advanced button.

Good luck ... The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.

 

[herrld]

Thanks. That's pretty cool. Learned something new today. Linda

 

[rjkrash]

Let us know what you did and if it worked! The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.