Anyone know how to copying files direct to printer port?

[Rachel Larkin]

I am trying to put a new front end on a plot file database to replace an Old
Visual Basic program. All I need to do is copy a file from a server drive to
the LPT port however Access 97 will not let me?

If I open a dos prompt from Windows every thing is fine using the command
'Copy C:\autoexec.bat lpt1' however if I try and use FileCopy
"C:\Autoexec.bat","LPT1" from within Access the LPT1 parameter causes an
error.

Also if I try and use the shell command to run a batch file containing the
command 'Copy C:\autoexec.bat lpt1' the lpt1 parameter is not accepted even
though it does work when typed in directly or run from a DOS window.

Any ideas why or how else I can achieve the above via another route? I'm
stumped at the moment.

TIA

Gary.

[Michael Blake]

Is the file you are copying always the same file? If it is, why not create
a batch file with the command and then shell the batch file you create?

Michael

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[Jean-Eric Baribeau]

Try
copy C:\autoexec.bat //(computer name)/(printername)

It just work fine for me. I don't remender if it's a slash or a back slash!!

Jean-Eric

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[Lyle Fairfield]

Sub test()
printFile "c:\my documents\interdev\webcalendar\webcalendar_local
\popupcalendar.js", "lpt1"
End Sub

Sub printFile(vStrPath As String, vStrPrinterPort As String)
Dim lngFileNumber As String
Dim strPrintStream As String

strPrintStream = String(FileLen(vStrPath), vbNullChar)

lngFileNumber = FreeFile()
Open vStrPath For Binary As #lngFileNumber
Get #lngFileNumber, , strPrintStream
Close #lngFileNumber

lngFileNumber = FreeFile()
Open vStrPrinterPort For Output As lngFileNumber
Print #lngFileNumber, strPrintStream
Close #lngFileNumber

End Sub

Warning ... this prints the file "AS IS" /// so if any lines are too long they
run off the page ... they are not wrapped.

rachel...@virgin.net (Rachel Larkin) wrote in
<E9mL5.30247$h%4.24...@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>:

>I am trying to put a new front end on a plot file database to
>replace an Old Visual Basic program. All I need to do is copy
>a file from a server drive to the LPT port however Access 97
>will not let me?

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Lyle
http://www.cyriv.com/