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Subject: dos6.22 print to txt file

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Name: mookieneeds
Date: May 1, 2008 at 18:29:24 Pacific
Subject: dos6.22 print to txt file
OS: 6.22
CPU/Ram: 850 265
Model/Manufacturer: dfi

Comment:

I have a few things going on here, first I have a program that only runs in dos. I have only dos6.22 installed on this machine.
the program has print a feature and i can not exit the program to print or the data will be lost. What i want is to beable to type in the dos say prnt.exe file and say save to txtfile on c: or save to txtfile on a:. and when i get that figured out I am going to try to connect threw nics from a windows machine to see if i can see and move the file over to the windows machine and print from windows as a txt file in notepad or word pad. this has been on going and have done alot of research i have even used windowsme for usb support and a prnt file but winme is so flaky and glitchy that i am done wiht it.

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Response Number 1

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: May 1, 2008 at 21:47:46 Pacific
Subject: dos6.22 print to txt file

Reply: (edit)

If your program 'prints' to the screen, you may get by with:
prog.exe > somefile
If it prints to a printer port, you will probably need a 3rd party printer port capture utility.

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Response Number 2

Name: Mike Newcomb
Date: May 1, 2008 at 22:01:09 Pacific
Subject: dos6.22 print to txt file

Reply: (edit)

Suggest you look for a dos utility program that automatically saves print to a disc file, rather than trying to use a dos command, which are not that comprehensive.
There used to be many of these programs around at the time.
Good Luck - Keep us posted.

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Response Number 3

Name: mookieneeds
Date: May 2, 2008 at 11:36:58 Pacific
Subject: dos6.22 print to txt file

Reply: (edit)

prnt2file.exe for dos is what i am going to try when i get a chance. i found alot of other programs but they all installed on windows only. if that works instead of saving to floppy i wil try to connect threw nic. and either map or have a file saved straight to the saved file to pull it over and print. any one been there and knows it works or not can let me know anytime now.

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Response Number 4

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: May 2, 2008 at 20:18:43 Pacific
Subject: dos6.22 print to txt file

Reply: (edit)

Look for prn2file.COM from Ziff-Davis.

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Response Number 5

Name: mookieneeds
Date: May 13, 2008 at 11:15:34 Pacific
Subject: dos6.22 print to txt file

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Hi the prn2file works sometimes.
if 2 files are sent to be printed one right after the other the pnr2file will stop responding and the pc must be restarted. also if there is no floppy disk in a: when try to print then put a floppy in then try to print again the prn2file stops responding. Any body have advice or a work around. i think the dos program that i am running takes controll of the keyboard, to bad i was hopeing to make a hot key.

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