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Re: Named Pipe from DOS app

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From: Denville Longhurst
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 21:01
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Thanks, Early, that settles it.  I hadn't thought of the latter possibility,
but it's a really good idea.

Regards,
Denville.

"Early Ehlinger" <early@respower.com> wrote in message
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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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