The
demise of DOS, to pinch a pithy line
from the writings of Mark Twain, has been greatly
exaggerated. All of our programs work just fine
on 32-bit Windows systems! They are not bloated like
Windows programs. They're really nice because
they run very
fast, do not write to the registry, take only one click to
remove, and use only KB's of RAM.
The terminology, and the mechanics, surrounding it has changed, but DOS
still exists on all current
Windows operating systems, even if it seems to be hidden
on some. What used to be the "MS-DOS Prompt" has become, on some
systems, the "Command Prompt."
Back when DOS was King, individual printer / add-on vendors were
responsible for making their hardware work
with DOS. Now, things have changed. The Windows operating system bears
the brunt of responsibility. This is good - with the advent of "plug
and play," things are better for everyone.
Now, due to differences in how printers
are "tied" to the operating system in DOS and in Windows, there are differences
in how you print data files in a Windows system.
In a Windows system, if you wish to print (say) a SmithMatch
data file named "TRL3" to your printer - do the
following: Choose "List
File" from the menu instead, and list the file TRL3 to your
screen.
Then, using the icons at the top of the small DOS window that will openon your screen, click "Mark," highlight
only the data you want, then click "Copy" to paste
into the Windows clipboard - now paste to print from there!
Optionally, you may press your keyboard Alt
- Print
Screen'
buttons to copy the small DOS window to the clipboard. Now paste to
Wordpad, Word, or Paint to print. If you
use 'Paint,' you can outline a desired portion
of the small DOS window for printing.
Another
option is to direct output to a data file, and print from there.
At certain
points within some of our programs, you'll be asked: "Print
Logfile (Y/N)." If you choose "Y"
the output data will be directed to a file named Logfile.txt within the
\mwdataX sub-directory, AND
to the screen. From there you may right-click,
select Print to your personal or network printer. Please
delete
the file after printing; it will re-create when needed again.
Note: Our programs download, install, and automatically
create an attractive desktop icon on any
32-bit Windows system.
Are you aware that Win 95, 98, and Me come
with
MS-DOS 7.0 ?
How to do a PRINT SCREEN on your Windows XP Computer.
http://www.entity.cc/ICONS/print-screen.php
FREE "Print Screen" Utility works with all versions of
Windows except
NT.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22960,00.asp
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WPDOS
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