Thanks Ross - that's exactly what I needed. Cheers
Stephen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Levis Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 10:07 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Printing to a dot matrix var MyFile: TextFile; begin AssignPrn(MyFile); Rewrite(MyFile); Writeln(MyFile, 'Print this text'); System.CloseFile(MyFile); end; Cheers, Ross. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Bertram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:40 AM Subject: [DUG] Printing to a dot matrix > Hi All > > I seem to recall seeing the answer to this somewhere - perhaps someone > can refresh my memory? > > Using Delphi 5 I need to output directly to a bunch of dot matrix > printers - I need to select the port (ideally on other workstations on > the network) and output pure ASCII. > > While I can use TPrinter if I have to, I really want to squirt the > output using a Writeln(Text) format. The data is already in a fixed > font columnar format. > > TIA > > Stephen > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Disclaimer : This communication contains information that is confidential and the copyright of ensynergy Limited or a third party. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please delete and destroy all copies and telephone ensynergy Limited on +64 9 3551591 immediately. If you are the intended recipient of this communication you should not copy, disclose or distribute this communication without the authority of ensynergy Limited. Any views expressed in this communication are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of ensynergy Limited. Except as required by law, ensynergy Limited does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
