Hi!
I can't find any printer commands.
So, question is : is there any way to send commands to printer
I am really new with GlBasic
No, no printing commands. What would you need them for?
I am thinking if I can also use GlBasic for something else than only for games , for example as a tool for my works, for calculating shapes and forms and see them in 3D, so printer is a must for documentation.
Mainly what I want , is to find a simple and (only one) effective basic for for my needs .
Recently I have used two to three different basic . ( BlitzBasic3D, SmallBasic, HotBasic)
(Earlier I have used VisualBasic - way too complicated in timewise if you want to get something done in few minits ( I mean everyday calculations a...), same thing with IBasicPro .. IBasic standard was faster but it had also some issues in math ( I don't remember) , other basics hmm ----__..... .
All basics what I have tried have some problems (meaning something is missing),
For example BlitzBasic3D is excellent ( it has also very good third party printer 3.0 Dll.),
It has excellent 3D/2D commands and all normal basic command and all math functions and it is simple to use ,
but it has very bad shortage -no floats, single precision is way too small for tecnical calculations
(max 32767.1 is way too limited (of both ends )
Sorry, this message is so long. ( but You asked what for?.)
Your s
Kepu
OK. You can save images with GRABSPRITE, SAVESPRITE and so on and save these with SAVESPRITE to the disk. Then you could kick in a printer-cmdline tool with SHELLCMD.
Do you need perfectly scaled prints? What type of prints do you need? You could also write a hpgl-file (it's ascii) for very basic drawings.
Sorry, GLBasic is designed for games.
I think BlitzMax supports doubles doesn't it?
You could use any language and output ascii file formats
for other programs that could display and print.
How about using something like blender, you could write scripts
to generate shapes and forms.
Can blender print!?
3D+printing would be AutoCAD (dxf)
Hi Mikiex
That's why I am using several programs,
I just wanted to find one which have all in one,
I want to check this GlBasic now, maybe it is possible to make a .Dll or something for printer,
at least it would be easier than lack of the floats)