Re: Windows buffer question Apr. 30, 2009

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In a nutshell, no. Windows doesn't allow direct access to hardware.

E.D.G. wrote:

Posted by E.D.G. April 30, 2009

Is there a way to start a Basic program for example with Windows so that when the program is instructed to print something to a file or to a pipe, the information does not get stored in a temporary Windows buffer?

For example,

Print #1, "data"

A Basic pipe (#1) is actually being opened to another program. And that program needs to be sent the information in the Print statement right away rather than when the pipe is closed. The Basic language being used might not have the right type of "flush" statement that could be added to the "Open Pipe" statement to have it transmit data without its being buffered.


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