FireLover
Automotive
- Jun 21, 2001
- 27
I am a beginner learning to program C. My PC runs Windows XP and I am experiencing a problem. When I try to send data to the printer string (stdprn), absolutely nothing comes out on the printer. The program runs as if nothing is wrong, except that anything sent to the printer stream disappears. The same thing happens when I try to redirect program output to the printer (ie. prog>prn) or type a text file to the printer (ie. type prog.c>prn). I do not have this problem on another computer that runs on Windows 98. I have been told that XP limits access to all devices in this way. If it matters, I am using borland C compiler 5.5.1 (free for students).
My questions are: 1)why does XP act this way, and 2)how can I send data (any data in stdprn) to my printer from within a C program using Windows XP? I know I can send it to a file and print it from within notepad or some other program. However, there has got to be a better way when writting programs.
My questions are: 1)why does XP act this way, and 2)how can I send data (any data in stdprn) to my printer from within a C program using Windows XP? I know I can send it to a file and print it from within notepad or some other program. However, there has got to be a better way when writting programs.
