Printing From FORTRAN with Control Characters

ID: Q35867

4.00 4.01 4.10 5.00 5.10 1.00 1.00a | 4.10 5.00 5.10 | 1.00 4.00

MS-DOS                              | OS/2           | WINDOWS NT
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• Microsoft FORTRAN for MS-DOS, versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1
• Microsoft FORTRAN for OS/2, versions 4.1, 5.0, 5.1
• Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS, versions 1.0 and 1.0a
• Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 32 for Windows NT, version 1.0 and 4.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft FORTRAN, an application can send control characters directly to a printer with out printing them by using the CHAR intrinsic function.

MORE INFORMATION

The following code example prints the word "Hello," sends a form feed character (ASCII 12) to the printer, then prints the word "World."

Sample Code

C Compiler options required: None

      OPEN(6, FILE = 'LPT1', STATUS = 'OLD')
      WRITE(6, *) 'HELLO'
      WRITE(6, *) CHAR(12)
      WRITE(6, *) 'WORLD'
      END

Keywords          : kbcode kbFortranPS kbLangFortran 
Version           : 4.00 4.01 4.10 5.00 5.10 1.00 1.
Platform          : MS-DOS OS/2 WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 23, 1998