Lpos

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LPos

Returns the number of characters sent to the printer port in the last LPrint statement.

Syntax

Declare Function LPos ( ByVal printer As Long ) As Long

Parameters

• printer

Description

Used to determine, from the last LPrint, how many characters were sent to the printer port.

Return Value

Returns the number of characters sent.

Remarks

Usage

result = LPOS(printer)

Differences from QB

• None

See also

• LPrint

Examples

' 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

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Category: Miscellaneous Keywords
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