Lpos
Returns the number of characters sent to the printer port in the last LPrint statement.
result = LPOS(printer)
printer
Returns the number of characters sent.
Syntax
Usage
result = LPOS(printer)
Parameters
printer
Either 0, 1, 2 or 3. Represents the printer port (LPT#)
Return Value
Returns the number of characters sent.
Description
Example
' compile with -lang fblite or qb
#lang "fblite"
Dim test As String = "LPrint Example test"
Print "Sending '" + test + "' to LPT1 (default)"
LPrint test
Print "LPT1 last recieved " + Str(LPOS(1)) + " characters"
Print "String sent was " + Str(Len(test)) + " characters long"
Sleep
#lang "fblite"
Dim test As String = "LPrint Example test"
Print "Sending '" + test + "' to LPT1 (default)"
LPrint test
Print "LPT1 last recieved " + Str(LPOS(1)) + " characters"
Print "String sent was " + Str(Len(test)) + " characters long"
Sleep
Differences from QB
- None
See also
