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| From | "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.help |
| References | <4f6fbe47$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <jkq5vh$6br$1@dont-email.me> |
| Subject | Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie |
| Date | 2012-03-28 05:26 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <4f720675@dnews.tpgi.com.au> (permalink) |
Thanks for that Knute... Takes me back to my own flying days in the UK in a Cherokee! But what an incredible amount of code when I can address the installed printer with 2 lines of code in VB6! "Knute Johnson" <nospam@knutejohnson.com> wrote in message news:jkq5vh$6br$1@dont-email.me... > On 3/25/2012 5:54 PM, blank wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I am a keen programmer in Visual Basic 6. I also tried Visual Basic >> dot.net >> but was appalled at the lack of printer support in dot.net. >> >> I am thinking of learning Java, but would like to know if the language >> allows easy access to whatever printer is installed at a user site. >> Therefore I cannot specify the printer when writing the code and must >> rely >> on the operating system to route data to the printer. >> >> Is writing reports to the printer (formatted and with columns and so on >> as >> in VB6) practical? With vb6 it is as simple as printer.print! >> >> Thanks heaps >> >> > > For some sample code, look at the VFRFlightLog program here; > > http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/aviation/index.html > > -- > > Knute Johnson
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Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-26 11:54 +1100
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-25 21:01 -0400
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-26 15:25 +1100
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-26 09:24 -0400
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-03-25 20:32 -0700
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-26 09:37 -0700
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-28 05:26 +1100
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-28 05:49 +1100
Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-28 09:34 -0700
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