HOWTO: Send a Windows Print File to the Printer

ID: Q130991

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SUMMARY

A file created with the command REPORT FORM formname TO FILE filename will create a file with printer codes. This file can be printed with this MS-DOS command:


   RUN COPY /b filename LPT1:

MORE INFORMATION

A file created with printer codes cannot be printed using the TYPE command or by choosing Print from the File menu. These two methods expect a text file with no printer codes. Using either of these two methods prints the file with lots of strange looking characters that are the printer control codes.

The /b in the above command stands for binary. Print files created by the REPORT FORM command are graphic files, not text files and must be printed as a binary file not as a text file. The /b command can only be used with the MS-DOS COPY command.

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Keywords : kbPrinting kbVFp300 kbVFp500 kbVFp600
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