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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1600.0. "Debugging printer driver code?" by VTHRAX::KIP (No Dukes.) Tue Aug 16 1988 14:09

    I am trying to write a printer driver using sources a PLink friend
    supplied, converting them to my own printers (first attempt is an
    old Star Gemini-15).
    
    After finally getting everything compiled, assembled and linked
    I copied the new driver to devs:printers/, went into Preferences
    and selected the new driver.
    
    As a simple test, tried:
    
    1>copy >prt: test.txt
    
    This gets me a visit from the Guru.
    
    I have the MetaScope debugger but have no idea where one begins
    debugging a printer driver.
    
    Anyone have any suggestions?
    
    Thanks in advance.

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1600.1 ELWOOD::PETERS Tue Aug 16 1988 17:01 11

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1600.1		ELWOOD::PETERS		`Tue Aug 16 1988 17:01`	11
	When I wrote the LA50 print driver I created a number of small test programs that called the driver entry points. Are you using BLINK or ALINK ??? There was a known limitation that BLINK can not create a printer driver. You MUST use ALINK. Steve Peters

    
    
    	When I wrote the LA50 print driver I created a number of
    small test programs that called the driver entry points.
    
    	Are you using BLINK or ALINK ???  There was a known limitation
    that BLINK can not create a printer driver. You MUST use ALINK.
    
    
    			Steve Peters