// This is a sample of how to print text to the printer using WriteFile.
//
// Compile this with
//       bcc32 -tWE thisfile.cpp
//       bcc -tWE thisfile.cpp
//
// Created by George Cross, Borland C++ Developer Support, December 1996

#define STRICT
#define UNICODE           //for windows.h
#define _UNICODE	  //for tchar.h
#define __TRACE           //for checks.h
#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>        //for unicode RTL string functions
#include <checks.h>       //for diagnostic macros

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
{
  //Below is the string which will send a carriage return, line feed
  //and a form feed the printer.
  // \r = carriage return
  // \n = line feed
  // \x0c = form feed
  TCHAR buf[] = __TEXT("Testing WriteFile to print to the printer.\r\n\x0c");

  unsigned long nbyteswritten, ntotalbytes;
  OFSTRUCT of;
  HFILE hFile = OpenFile("lpt1",
                         &of,
                         OF_READWRITE);

  WriteFile((HANDLE) hFile,
            buf,
            sizeof(buf),
            &nbyteswritten,
            NULL);
  ntotalbytes += nbyteswritten;

  _lclose(hFile);
  TRACE(ntotalbytes << " bytes were sent to the printer");
  return 0;
}