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René L.J.G. Clavaux

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Print to Novell queue

I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to print from my Pascal
programs directly into the Novell print queue. I don't want to capture
my LPT-port nor use Novell programs like NPRINT.

Thanks,

Ren

 
Leonard Ericks

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Print to Novell queue


"Ren L.J.G. Clavaux" <Clav...@xs4all.nl> writes:

Quote
> I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to print from my Pascal
> programs directly into the Novell print queue. I don't want to capture
> my LPT-port nor use Novell programs like NPRINT.

It's possible. But you have to have access to a library of Novell
functions. I used to have a Novell unit, but I lost it in an HD crash.
You basicly have to make a "call" to Netware and tell it to styart a
job for the particular que, then submit data packets for that job, and
finally close the job.

Sounds simple, but you either need the (several hundred dollar) Novell
internals docs, or a unit written by someone with access to them.

Leonard Erickson (aka Shadow)
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Keith

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Print to Novell queue


Try searching the Web (or maybe Garbo FTP site) for a filename
starting with NWTP.  It's a great Pascal library for NetWare
functions, and has not only better documentation than I've seen in
other such libs, but also some great sample code.

I have it at work, so I can't recall the exact full filename.  It's a
couple hundred K in size, if I remember correctly.  And, I believe,
free.  I've used some of the units in my own code for utilities I've
written at work.

-----------------------------------------------------
   Keith G.                         c...@inmind.com

Jim Ro

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Print to Novell queue


"Ren L.J.G. Clavaux" <Clav...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

Quote
>I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to print from my Pascal
>programs directly into the Novell print queue. I don't want to capture
>my LPT-port nor use Novell programs like NPRINT.

The lads at Turbo Power Software know how.  The Novell units included
in their "B-Tree Filer" product includes a set of procedures for doing
just that.  I've been using these print-queue procedures for some time
now, and they work like a charm.

The good news: the units come in source-code form, and are
royalty-free.  The bad news: as far as I know, these units aren't
available separately - you have to buy the entire B-Tree Filer product
to get them.

HTH

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