Problems Printing to FILE:=

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q74620

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SUMMARY

When FILE:= is below the tenth line in the [ports] section, the print command issued within an application prints directly to a file called FILE in the application's directory.

FILE:= will be below the tenth line in the [Ports] section of the WIN.INI file, when the following conditions are true:

You select a default printer connected to FILE in the Control Panel.
Each time the print option is selected in a Windows application, a dialog box reports "Sending to Printer."
You are not prompted for the name of the output file.

MORE INFORMATION

To check the [Ports] section of the WIN.INI file, follow these steps:

Open the WIN.INI file.
Scroll to the [Ports] section.
Check to see which line contains FILE:=.

Repositioning FILE:= above the eleventh line, saving the WIN.INI file, exiting Windows, and restarting Windows allows you to successfully print to a user-named file. (When printing from within a Windows application, you are prompted for the filename).

KBCategory: kbprint
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a windrvr

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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