Microsoft KB Archive/20798

Cannot Redirect Printing with RDIR PSS ID Number: Q20798 Article last modified on 08-11-1988 PSS database name: D_MPlan

2.x

MS-DOS

Summary: There is a problem with printing on the Wang PC using the RDIR command. Multiplan Version 2.x prints directly to the device PRN, which is not recognized by the RDIR command. The Wang RDIR command redirects the standard print device by intercepting the DOS request (rather than doing it at the driver level). PRN apparently stays untouched by this method, that is, printing cannot be redirected using Wang’s RDIR command. A workaround is to use the Print File command and specify PRN1 or PRN2 as the output file.

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