[comp.sys.amiga] Printing in BASIC

jmpi@ur-tut.UUCP (Spike) (09/23/87)

HELP!
Seeing all the recent discussion about printing in BASIC has prompted
me to post this plea:  

Whenever I issue an LPRINT command (or open a file to PRT: or PAR:) I get
a "Device Already Open" error.  Nothing I do seems to help.  I've tried
CLOSEing all files before I open them--still nothing.

Any suggestions?


 John "Reality Is Optional" Pisello--University of Rochester Computing Center 
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carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS) (09/23/87)

In article <114@ur-tut.UUCP> jmpi@ur-tut.UUCP (Spike) writes:
>HELP!
>
>Whenever I issue an LPRINT command (or open a file to PRT: or PAR:) I get
>a "Device Already Open" error.  Nothing I do seems to help.  I've tried
>CLOSEing all files before I open them--still nothing.

   This was a 1.1 AmigaBasic bug.  It never closed the printer after
LPrint or LList.  This problem should not occur with 1.2 AmigaBasic
(version distributed in Enhancer and with A500/A2000).

   I used LPrint yesterday and had no problem.

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