Re: Redirecting LPT ports in DOS using novell netwares 'CAPTURE'

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From: Alexander J Russell
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 00:00

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In article <54kkfd$qup@violet.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, pgpig@csv.warwick.ac.uk 
says...
>
>I've got two days before I leave on holiday and I desparetely need
>help, hence why I've sent this message to so many groups.
>
[snip]
>This application is similar to dBase III in that it's a database in
>which applications can be written. So, for every program that needs to
>use another printer I have to run an external program
>
>i.e. exec("capture.com","l=1 q=LEXMARK_OPTRA_RT") 
>
>and then at the end of the program return it to the original state
>
>i.e. exec("capture",l=1 q=LEXMARK_2391_PLUS")
>
>The only problem is novell's version of capture is 166K and is just
>too large and our application refuses to load it. I got around this
>problem by finding another shareware capture program that was only
[snip]
>Thanks,
>
>Simon.
>
Any reason you can't call the app from a batch file

rem foo.bat
capture l=1 q=what i want
mydbase.exe
capture l=1 q=the normal q
-- 
The AnArChIsT! Anarchy! Not Chaos!
aka
Alex Russell
alexad3@iceonline.com

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From: alexad3@iceonline.com (Alexander J Russell)
Subject: Re: Redirecting LPT ports in DOS using novell netwares 'CAPTURE'
Date: 1996/10/23
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