BUG: MS-DOS Applications May Fail Printing to NetWare Printer

ID: Q140227

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When an MS-DOS application running under Windows NT tries to print directly to a NetWare queue using the NetWare API, the job might not get printed. The job is created with 0 bytes of data, but a file named "NETQ" will be created instead in the current directory containing the data.

CAUSE

MS-DOS applications can use Int 21h function 3c00h (create file) or 3d00h (open file) to open the special spool file on the NetWare queue.

The 16-bit side of the Windows NT Client and Gateway Services for NetWare only check for "NETQ" in function 3d00h. Calls to 3c00 are handed off to the Windows NT IO system.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbinterop NTInterop kbbug3.51 ntdosap
Version : 3.51
Platform : winnt
Issue type :