[RESOLVED] Create a printer driver to print to a text file

[bagstoper]

Hello,
I need to create a driver that can be installed as a printer and instead of printing to a physical printer it needs to print to a text file. I have no idea how to do this. I have searched for an answer on these forums but so far I haven't had much luck. I know it isn't easy to create a driver in VB but I don't know if this is technically a "driver" since it isn't interfacing with actual hardware. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

-Dan

[amrita]

Check these links

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/for...7-e0c0704935a2

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/...er-with-c.aspx

[bagstoper]

Those links didn't really help because they just told me you couldn't do it. But there is a program out there called PDFcreator that is a PDF printer and it is written in vb. i just need to know how to do it so it writes a .txt instead of a PDF.

[Radjesh Klauke]

Are you trying to create a textfile? Why don't you save it like "yourfile.txt"?

[amrita]

Those links didn't really help because they just told me you couldn't do it. But there is a program out there called PDFcreator that is a PDF printer and it is written in vb. i just need to know how to do it so it writes a .txt instead of a PDF.

I don't think its feasible to write code in vb.net for printer driver.

[bagstoper]

Are you trying to create a textfile? Why don't you save it like "yourfile.txt"?

Well i would do that but the program that i need to get the file from cant save or export files, it can only print files. So i need to build a virtual printer that can save the file to the hard drive. I cant modify the original program to allow exporting or saving because it is not mine.

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[namrekka]

Can you select a certain Windows printer?

You can try then to add a printer with the name "Generic/Text only"
Select this printer and choose option "Print to file".

I must say however that this file contain some white spaces, but perhaps it will help you.