Dictionary help

[Steve]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:02:49 -0500, Larry Bates wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>> I'm currently working on a little database type program is which I'm
>> using a dictionary to store the information. The key is a component a
>> and the definition is a list of parts that make up the component. My
>> problem is I need to list out several components, but not all, and
>> there associated parts to a printer. Not having any luck. I can list
>> them to the screen but not the printer. Any help/ideas would be
>> appreciated.
>> 
>> Steve
> 
> Windows or Linux or Mac.  Printers are handled differently on different
> platforms.  On Windows you can simply open LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3 as a file
> and write to it (for simple printing).  For more complex "Windows"
> printing you must use Win32 extensions or something like wxWindows.
> 
> -Larry

I'm currently using Linux. I give it some more thought and research and 
see what I can come up with. Thank you for the reply.

Steve