hello ...
iam using with the old clipper the following commandline to print on 
USB-printer :
net use lpt1:\\pc_name\printername
to print on a notebook with xp home ... but it seem to work only when the 
labtop is connected with  a net ...  otherwise an error is coming up - on XP 
professional it works .. has anyone experienced that ? Or any idea how to 
use clipper and an USB-printer ?
TIA ......
Rainer

You need to add a virtual network card and create a dumb network connection. 
In french, the virtual network card is call "Carte de bouclage Microsoft", 
so it should be "MS Loopback adapter" or something similar in english.  This 
will allow TCP/IP, Netbios, ... to load and then you can use the NET 
commands.  The other solution is to print to a file, then send this file 
using a tools like "DosPrint" (search google, it's free).

"RCB" <mail-at-medmaster.de> a crit dans le message de news: 
3ad37ba5$771e353d$26d877@news.alaska-software.com...
> hello ...
> iam using with the old clipper the following commandline to print on 
> USB-printer :
> net use lpt1:\\pc_name\printername
> to print on a notebook with xp home ... but it seem to work only when the 
> labtop is connected with  a net ...  otherwise an error is coming up - on 
> XP professional it works .. has anyone experienced that ? Or any idea how 
> to use clipper and an USB-printer ?
> TIA ......
> Rainer
>
>

hi Pascal,
that was it ...thanks ...
Rainer

"Pascal Boivin" <idontlikespam@nbautomation.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:18e4e1ac$2ca612ea$273b60@news.alaska-software.com...
> You need to add a virtual network card and create a dumb network 
> connection. In french, the virtual network card is call "Carte de bouclage 
> Microsoft", so it should be "MS Loopback adapter" or something similar in 
> english.  This will allow TCP/IP, Netbios, ... to load and then you can 
> use the NET commands.  The other solution is to print to a file, then send 
> this file using a tools like "DosPrint" (search google, it's free).
>
> "RCB" <mail-at-medmaster.de> a crit dans le message de news: 
> 3ad37ba5$771e353d$26d877@news.alaska-software.com...
>> hello ...
>> iam using with the old clipper the following commandline to print on 
>> USB-printer :
>> net use lpt1:\\pc_name\printername
>> to print on a notebook with xp home ... but it seem to work only when the 
>> labtop is connected with  a net ...  otherwise an error is coming up - on 
>> XP professional it works .. has anyone experienced that ? Or any idea how 
>> to use clipper and an USB-printer ?
>> TIA ......
>> Rainer
>>
>>
>
>

My solution is print to a file with standard Clipper code, then send this 
file to "DosPrint" and convert to RTF or PDF. Customers may look the preview 
with WordView or Foxit reader

Link for Dosprint (and by the way its not free. The price for one, standard 
(single user) license is US$ 40.00.)
http://www.geocities.com/DOSPrint/

A little help - sample for migrate clipper dos aplicattion to xBase using 
XbpCrt functions
- found on my page
www.freeweb.siol.net/zupanspc , then position "DEMO"

Best migrating to all

Miran Zupan
Slovenia

If you set this registry key you can network alone

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DisableDHCPMediaSense

Value is 1

"RCB" <mail-at-medmaster.de> wrote in message 
news:3ad37ba5$771e353d$26d877@news.alaska-software.com...
> hello ...
> iam using with the old clipper the following commandline to print on 
> USB-printer :
> net use lpt1:\\pc_name\printername
> to print on a notebook with xp home ... but it seem to work only when the 
> labtop is connected with  a net ...  otherwise an error is coming up - on 
> XP professional it works .. has anyone experienced that ? Or any idea how 
> to use clipper and an USB-printer ?
> TIA ......
> Rainer
>
>