FIX: No Generic/Text Only Printer Driver in Windows NT

Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q128203

2.60a 3.00 WINDOWS kbprint kbbuglist kbfixlist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

To send the output of a FoxPro report to a text file in FoxPro for Windows, you must use the Generic/Text Only printer driver. However, Microsoft Windows NT does not ship with the Generic/Text Only printer driver or any equivalent drivers.

WORKAROUND

Create a hard-coded report using the ??? "" command to put the printer driver in 'raw' mode and use @..SAY or ? statements to output the data to the file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxWin 2.60a Generic ASCII
buglist2.60a
KBCategory: kbprint kbbuglist kbfixlist
KBSubcategory: FxprintDriver
Keywords : FxprintDriver kbbuglist kbfixlist kbprint
Version : 2.60a 3.00
Platform : WINDOWS
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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