Re: Printing problems on NT

In article <bfwO9RBKh373Ewvd_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk>,   Andy Hardy <aph_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use TEXT_IO in my Forms4.5 application to write a barcode-printer
> language code to a file which I then print using win_api.winexec and
> the command 'print /d: \\my_machine\my_printer my_file.txt'.
>
> Unfortunately, it is possible for this print routing to be called
> before the printer has finished (or even started, if the printer is
> paused or busy) printing the previous job. I'm getting some
> corruption of the prints, which I think is being caused by
> overwriting the original print file.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> If so, how can I work around this? I don't want to end up with a
> million files one-per-job!
>
> Andy

Hi,

You can easily prevent overwriting files by using unique file names generated by Win_Api_Utility.Generate_Temp_Filename. You can schedule a clean-up on your NT machine at night, so you won't end up with a million files. This is the easiest solution wich comes to mind.

Yar

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