Did I miss the start of this thread? Misspelling Perl and suggesting that MacPerl doesn't support TCP/IP isn't the best way to convince us you've done your research.
-C At 1:20 PM -0400 10/18/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Ok, I give up. After months and months of looking for a solution I guess if >your a Mac user there is no software to let you send a simple text file to a >print server reliably. FutureBasic, RealBasic and CodeWarrior can't do it. >Oh, well maybe CodeWarrior could...I even offered to pay a guy something for >some help re-writing a simple C program that could probably do what I want. I >was thinking $100 to $150 for a couple hours of his time. He said he'd have >to charge probably $10,000!!! > >MacPearl? Seems to be a noble project. But I don't think it supports TCP/IP. >I'm told the code I posted runs fine on other versions of Pearl. > >Geez....all I'm trying to do is avoid switching to a PC for this >application....which I could probably get used for free somewhere. Just that >printing from a Mac on my network is easier to do. Besides, this PrintMate >print server generates so much traffic on my network it's pathetic. Literally >every 2 seconds its broadcasting to every AppleTalk device on my network! I >did try to find out why...but the programer they hired to write the software >for the PrintMate no longer works there. > >I may also be able to rig up a serial-to-parallel converter and get a 50' >cable just for this. Kinda defeats what I was trying to do...which I >literally thought would take only about 20 to 40 lines of code. > >Welcome to the world of Mac network applications: If you are not an Apple >employee don't waste your time. > >Jeff-
