PRB: ? Command Drops Carriage Return/Linefeed

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5a
• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the question mark (?) command to send information to the printer, occasionally a carriage return and linefeed (CR/LF) combination is dropped and information is printed on the same line. For example, you may receive the following printed output:

   customer_name  customer_lastname
   customer_name  customer_lastname  customer_name customer_lastname
   customer_name  customer_lastname

RESOLUTION

Use the ?? command in place of the ? command. Because the ?? command does not send a carriage return and linefeed automatically, you must send them manually by adding CHR(13)+CHR(10) to the end of each line. The following example shows the correct use of the ?? command:

   SET PRINTER to LPT1
   SET PRINTER ON
   SELECT customer

   SCAN ALL WHILE !EOF()
     ?? customer.contact+" "+customer.company+CHR(13)+CHR(10)
   ENDSCAN
   SET PRINTER TO