Tom -
You have to issue the NET USE statement to be able to recognize LPT1 on
Win2k and XP - here is the blurb from my own personal cheat-sheet for one
client:
1.. Click on the Start menu.
2.. Select Run and click on it.
3.. In the text box labeled Open type "cmd.exe".
4.. Once the command prompt window appears, type "c:".
5.. Then type "cd \" which should send you to the root directory.
6.. Type the following line:
Net Use lpt1 \\<compname>\<networkdevice>
i.e. net use lpt1 \\sms_3\NEC
i.e. net use lpt1 \\ksopprt01\ksopprt29p
NET USE LPT1 \\WORKSTATION1\HPDeskJet970
This will set the printer to lpt1 and allow you to print from a
dos program. If you
would like to double check to see that the command was
successful just type
Net Use at the next dos prompt and verify the path following
lpt1.
Sami
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Grimshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: Dos Version on XP
> G'day Dick,
>
> Did you get this to work in the end?
>
> I was rung yesterday by a network specialist who looks
> after a client for whom I wrote an app in 4.5++. The
> client has just installed Win2k or XP and cannot print
> from that box to a printer physically connected to an
> NT server.
>
> He downloaded two or three MS knowledgebase articles
> and fiddled for two hours to no avail.
>
> At 16:33 11/09/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Just had to do it... Dell had such a deal on New Machines today I bought
> >5... Now have to figure out how to run my old DOS app on XP.
> >
> >Is anybody doing it sucessfully?
>
> Warmest regards,
>
>
> Tom Grimshaw
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