| Re: Is there a worthy printing utility [message #11086] |
Mon, 16 March 1998 00:00  |
Peter Mason
Messages: 145
Registered: June 1996
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On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, David Fanning wrote:
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> What I would really like is a Print File item under the
> File menu button in the IDE that would allow me to select ANY
> file in my directory and send it to the default printer.
> This would give me control over formatting PostScript output
> as I like (via the PS device) and it would provide an easy
> way to get the output sent to a printer.
I have some code that will let you send a "print file" (a postscript or PCL
file or something like that) directly to a (compatible) Windows printer, under
program control. It sticks up a list of the available Windows printers and
sends the file straight to the one you select. It's in a mixture of C and
IDL.
I wrote it to replace the strictly-Win3.1x "DEVICE,PRINT_FILE=" function in
IDL 4, really, and expected that it would not be needed in IDL 5. If anyone
is interested in it, then let me know and I'll make it available. (It's not
entirely standalone at the moment.)
While I'm at it, let me tell you about some other hybrid routines I have that
are also on the cutting edge of uselessness.
There's one that is passed a draw-window ID or draw widget value and sticks
the graphic onto the clipboard (like the IDL4 menu-option does, but without
needing a mouse click), and another that sticks a 2D array of numbers onto the
clipboard in "Text" format. (With IDL4 it can also copy the array as a "Csv"
- handy for pasting into Excel - but the sleight of hand I use to do this
crashes IDL 5.) L(e)ast of all, there's one that returns a STRARR giving the
drives attached (phys. and net.) to your PC. (Drive letters only.)
Again, let me know if you're interested.
Peter Mason
CSIRO division of Exploration and Mining
P.O Box 136, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia
E-Mail: p.mason@syd.dem.csiro.au Tel: +61 2 9490-8883 Fax: 9490-8960/8921
Web: http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/research/MMTG/
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