lpr w/o ext. file

Craig Hollabaugh (starnet!apple!monique.adgrp.gatech.edu!holla)
Sat, 3 Jul 1993 02:21:31 -0500

Folks,

!: Does somebody have an example script that uses the open process command?
One that maybe writes to and reads from a Unix process.

2: Is it possible to print a fld's contents using the shell command without
writing my fld's contents to an extra file? Is this where I would use the
open process command?

I know that

put shell("lpr -Pmyprinter"&return&fld myfld)

doesn't work

Any suggestions?

3: Has anyone ever thought about having stacks communicate with other
stacks running on different machines? Akin to sending AppleEvents to
another Hypercard. The multi-person, multi-location project I'm working on
needs this feature/ability. Again, I would like to avoid writing/reading
files if possible.

Thanks,
craig

ps. I know how to read/write files with the best of them.