How to view a *.prn file

[soulburner]

I recently printed to a file is their a way I can view this without printing it out as a page? Thanks for any replies.

[Serge]

Try running notepad and opening it there.. if its just a text file.


P.S. *.prn? pr0n? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif couldn't help it..

[cyphen]

so far as i know there isn't a **** thing you can do with it. It may be a useless functions that got included with plans to finish it, but it never happened.

I've tried about everything i can think of. I figured - what the hell, i'll print out this webpage to a file, and then later when i hook up my printer, I'll print it out from the file. Okay, I'll just ... print that out ... from ... the file.... uhhhhh...
huh..
maybe if i open - nope.
maybe if i drag it to... nope
I looked in all the documentation i have for more info on this useless function - it's been around (so far as i know) since windows 3.1. I never used it then, but i imagine it was still useless. I've looked on microsoft's support page, in my Windows 95 Resource Kit Book, in online help, in my Windows 95 Secrets book, Win 98 RK - no dice.

I can hear Bill Gates Laughing at me now...

[socalgal]

Hi soulburner

This is what www.whatis.com (http://www.whatis.com) says about .prn format:

PRN DataCAD Windows Printer file

Here's the DataCAD site

http://www.datacad.com/

[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 01-19-2000).]

[Comtech]

One of 3 things:
.prn Printer driver (Signature)
.prn Text file (Lotus 1-2-3 - Symphony)
.prn Usually printer output file