> Ok I am in a crunch situation. I have to gather a report from > a credit card system. The system is archaic and runs on > windows. On this software I have to go in for each day since > January and print a report ( you can not do this as a batch > :( grrrrr some programmer should be shot, twice). I want to > print the data for each day to a file and append as I go. > This is labor some using windows. Almost impossible.... I can > cut copy into a new document but you can see how that could > get annoying. I want it in a text file so I can then > manipulate it with perl. <-- See on topic :) > > Is there some way to setup a print to file printer in windows > that will by default append and not ask for a file name? I > know how to just set it up with out that criteria but that is > of no help to me.
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/redmon/ Use redmon to set up a re-direct port. Redirect to a perl program that opens a file for append and appends the print data to it. If you're opening the data in MS Word (I can't tell from your description if you are) you can use OLE to automate printing in Word from Perl. Luke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
