Re: Named Pipe from DOS app

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From: Early Ehlinger
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 20:27

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"Denville Longhurst" <Denville@metco.co.uk> wrote:
> The only other alternative I can think of is to save the output as a file,
> then run a second app to import and post it.  I think this would work, but
> not as 'smoothly'.

Actually, this is exactly the approach I would take.  If your app is
basically sending pre-formatted text to the printer, i.e., just
alphanumerics, characters, newlines but no tabs or escape sequences, then
why not have it dump the same info to a text file that can then be
distributed electronically?

The posting app could even be implemented as a service/hidden application
that monitors a special folder for changes, detects the presence of the
file, and posts it when it appears.

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