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>>No, Arnon, I should be that lucky. I did it so that I could use the same report form with different ascii files. I need to be able to controll orientation and pitch without user input. I know this is a poor way to do it but I dont know another way.
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>>Currently, it goes like this. I have a file MyQue.que its ascii text. I read (appe) to a cursor MyCurse.OnlyField. The report form is pointing at
>>MyCurse.OnlyField (which is a memo field) and then based on text width I change the .frx file to the proper layout. These are financial records and can contain HUGE amounts of data. Normal file is 8-9Meg but some closing reports have been 35Meg! I am looking for a better way to print these files. Cant write a report for each one as this data is comming raw from an outside source. :( :( :(
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>so u only need the data as a report?

Yes, its all formatted all I need to do is get it to the printer in the right format. (Orientation and pitch) Foxpro doesn't seem to want to let me 'Just do it' I would love to code "Copy This.txt to ThatPrinter Landscape 17 pitch" but I must be overthinking the API. <#$@$%@#$%>

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>anyway u can use low-level file command like FOPEN etc.
>to read directly from the ascii file and create the reports by code
>(which seems to be not much different that what u do with the report writer)

That is what I do. Fopen, fread etc...

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> also in the current setup u use - u can delete the original file
>after u have the cursor :)

nope, have to keep it for the spec time. (Varies 1-7 days) :/