BlitzPrinter revisited

This is very beta... But I've been reworking blitzprinter again and it's going to encompass the BlitzADO library and some other useful items I've come across. This release I'll title Beta 1 and it only has printer functionality.

http://www.obsidianobelisk.com/blitz/kanati.mod.zip

To install it, just copy the kanati.mod directory to your blitzmax mods directory. There's a docs directory under the toolbox.mod directory that should give some indication of where the library is headed and how to use the implemented commands. There is a toolbox.dll under the toolbox.mod directory as well. That needs to be placed in your application directory, or in the system32 directory (yes, this is for windows only).

It has some quirks and some flaws... But excepting the toolbox.dll I've done away with any other dependencies so those wacky few that wouldn't use it because it needed the vb6 runtimes before should be happy.

For now it's free (and I haven't decided if I want to turn the full printer/ado/utility dll into a shareware endeavor or not... That'll be decided later when it's complete).

Kanati

One thing that I neglected to mention in the docs is that if you want to print a pixmap, you have to be in graphics mode first. I think that's a problem with blitz and not the library. I don't think you can load the pixmaps until after you call Graphics. If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll see why I was having problems with that.

I figure your going to need some testing.

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suuuuure. You always got my back there. :)

Something that was brought up in an email... Anything you want to do with any beta versions are fine. It's free. If I decide to change licensing after a final is made available it will apply only to the final and any subsequent releases. Never the betas.