TYPE command does not work because "Probably", unlike the “???” command, the TYPE command does not send the output to the printer directly.
My guess is that TYPE command calls the printer via Windows environment.



>ok this last test works well :) but is not really a sollutions because i
work with set textmerge off
>set textmerge to
>set safety on
>set heading off
>set console off
>
>to have a nice layout. So i still have one question that is left : why is filetostr()
>working and type not ? and is there a sollution to the stressing problem ?
>
>thnx to all for your help for my search to an old problem with an old fashion way to print something and stuck to it :(