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First post, by mdavid

Posted on 2019-01-29, 22:55

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Hi, need some direction.
I've installed DOSBox MegaBuild 6 to run some legacy dos software - not games. I need to print from within DOSBox and understood from here https://dosprn.com/faq.htm#25 that I could use DOSPRN. I've installed DOSPRN into the DOSBox Mount directory, but when I try and print using DOSPRN command-line options - C:\UTL\DOSPRN\DOSprn.exe C:\USER\S997\Input997.PRT I get error "This program must be run under WIN32"
Is it possible to use DOSPRN like this within DOSBox? If so, what am I doing wrong? Are there other alternatives for printing within DOSBox?

Any help much appreciated.
David

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Reply 1 of 4, by JosSchaars

Posted on 2019-01-29, 23:09

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DOSPRN is a Windows program, it can’t be started from inside DOSBox (MegaBuild 6).
You would have to setup your program to print to a file, then let DOSPRN monitor the print files.
You could have a go with vDos, eventually you can still use DOSPRN for printing if vDos own print processor isn’t adequate.

Reply 2 of 4, by mdavid

Posted on 2019-01-29, 23:16

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Thanks very much Jos for your quick response, I'll give vDos ( or vDosPlus) a go after I get some sleep.

Reply 3 of 4, by mdavid

Posted on 2019-01-30, 17:11

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Hi Jos, I'm trying to use vDos, I need to download the DOS APPEND command for MSDOS-5.0 - do you know where I can find it?

Thanks
David

Reply 4 of 4, by _Rob

Posted on 2019-02-14, 08:22

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You should be able to grab any DOS utilities you need from FreeDOS. They should run under DOSBox.
Also, if your trying to run real MS-DOS utilities, you can get around the version problem using something like "VER SET 6 22" to make the program think your running MS-DOS 6.22

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