BUG: MS-DOS Applications May Fail Printing to NetWare Printer (140227)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q140227 SYMPTOMS
When an MS-DOS application running under Windows NT tries to print directly
to a NetWare queue using the NetWare API, the job might not get printed.
The job is created with 0 bytes of data, but a file named "NETQ" will be
created instead in the current directory containing the data.
CAUSE
MS-DOS applications can use Int 21h function 3c00h (create file) or 3d00h
(open file) to open the special spool file on the NetWare queue.
The 16-bit side of the Windows NT Client and Gateway Services for NetWare
only check for "NETQ" in function 3d00h. Calls to 3c00 are handed off to
the Windows NT IO system.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will
post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/4/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbinterop KB140227 |
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