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  • 30-05-2002 9:55am
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    Patrick
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭


    I'm really just starting coding atm. I hope to learn alot in the summer. Busy with exams next week atm :( but anyway I have done a bit of C and the very very basics of python. I think it's python I'll continue :) I've been trying to think of ways to practise what I learn. One such program a person I know wants to write in C is one that does the following:
    Prints out files. This may seems a bit vague but it's all for practise.

    What I want to know is how do you get C to print stuff to the printer?


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    Ruaidhri
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    there's a good tutorial on c at {snip} ok enough is enough


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Whoop, edit that, someone has changed ****. Still sucks though.......that's not very nice Ruaidhri


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    photty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭photty


    You will need to learn about the platform that you're program will run on. In order to access hardware you must use the operating systems API. C alone does not contain anything platform specific so you need to use the OS librarys.

    This will probably be win32 in you're case. What you need is a windows compiler (any MSVC++ or Borland will do) and the Windows Platform SDK documentation. In the GDI section theres information about how to interface to a printer.

    Have a mooch around here for more info about writing windows programs.


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