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From: kaufman@polya.STANFORD.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Using the PrintMgr in LSC
Message-ID: <2857@polya.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 19 May 88 21:57:32 GMT
References: <24764@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Organization: Stanford University
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In article <24764@bbn.COM> dredick@vax.bbn.com (The Druid) writes:

.I am trying to print (to a LaserWriter) a simple couple of pages which
.contain graphics that I have generated with a program, But the
.program causes the machine to BOMB BIG TIME when I try to print.  

.The program was originally written in Megamax C, now I am moving it
.to LSC.

.Here is the problem function:

.print(refnum)
.int refnum;
.{
.    TPPrPort pprport;
.    char line[255], head[255];
.    int lpp;				/* lines per page */
.    int ltp;				/* lines this page */
.    int bjdocloop;		/* if = bspoolloop,then must print spool file */
.    int dx;					/* width of page */
.    TPrStatus status;
.    int page = 0;			/* page number */
.    FontInfo finfo;
.    int charheight;
.    int i,j,y;
.    int stop = FALSE;
.    comic xc;
	
.    if (!PrJobDialog(hprint)) return;

[...more]
I notice that hprint is not declared in this procedure.  I hope it is a real
HANDLE, because the print routines tend to to HLock and HUnlock to things they
think are handles.

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@polya.stanford.edu)