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Re: Printing a text file. [message #28418 is a reply to message #28330]

Tue, 04 December 2001 18:28

Andrew Cool
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John Copley wrote:
>
> I am looking for ways to print an ascii text file from within an IDL
> application. I need to be able to do this for unix, windows and macos.
> Unix is not a problem: I spawn a command such as "lpr -Plp0 filename".
> With Windows the best I have been able to come up with is to spawn a
> command such as "c:\windows\notepad.exe /p filename" which is not very
> elegant (and nor is the printout). I haven't yet investigated
> possibilities for macos.
>
> Also does anyone know of a way to attach the date and time to
> printouts of IDL source code? I get very confused when I have multiple
> printouts and do not know which is the latest version.
>
> Your comments are appreciated.
> John Copley

Hi John,

I have an IDL Macro that prints the chroma-coded IDL source code of
the active edit window under Windows IDLDE. It calls a freeware utility
to do the actual printing.

I'll email the two files and instructions direct to you, and anyone
else
who puts their paw up.

Andrew

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		Printing a text file. By: john.copley on Tue, 04 December 2001 09:40
		Re: Printing a text file. By: Andrew Cool on Wed, 05 December 2001 16:45
		Re: Printing a text file. By: Mark Rivers on Wed, 05 December 2001 06:08
		Re: Printing a text file. By: Andrew Cool on Tue, 04 December 2001 18:28

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