auto identification of connected printer (Mac)

[Bob Sneidar]

Great job Peter! This is a great example of how extensible LiveCode is. With Hypercard we were at the mercy of xcmd's, and they were not always well written or even compatible with each other. Being able to "shell out" or access compiled externals makes LiveCode an excellent front end dev tool, even for people who primarily develop in another high level programming language. 

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Bob


On Oct 28, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Peter Brigham MD wrote:

> In case anyone else would find it useful, I've finally managed to tune up my handlers for LiveCode printing from a Mac laptop, designed to avoid any unnecessary printing dialogs. This is useful if you, like me, use a LiveCode app on your laptop in a number of different venues and need to print using the currently connected printer. I got annoyed that every time I switched venues I had to tell the system what printer to use (I do a lot of printing of patient notes, prescriptions, etc.). The system knows what's connected, right? So if I have one and only one printer connected why should it have to ask me to choose my printer?
> 
> The set of handlers below will detect the currently available printer, whether connected by USB or on a wireless network, and automatically send the print job to that printer (if I'm printing from a LiveCode script).
> <snip>