>>I need to print to a Boca Ticket Printer (prints movie tickets, ball games, etc) using their Friendly Ghost Language. Does anyone have experience controlling a Boca printer using VFP, and if so, any tips to share?
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>>So far, I am able to print to the printer, but only get the FGL itself to print out, instead of a formatted ticket.
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>>set printer TO NAME  "Boca FGL 22/42 200 DPI"
>>set device to printer
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>>* bottom left & right
>>@ 0, 0 SAY "<RC340,0><F9>    Admits"
>>@ 0, 0 SAY "<RC365,0><F9>     One"
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>>@ 0, 0 SAY "<RC340,200><F9>  Customer"
>>@ 0, 0 SAY "<RC365,200><F9>   Receipt"
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>>@ 0, 0 SAY "<P>"
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>>set device to screen
>>set printer to
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>>If you have any expereience with this, I'd love to hear of the approach that you have used!
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>You may output the stuff to a text file (using textmerge, probably, but there are other ways) and then send that text file straight to the printer - using RawPrint (see in downloads here). That way the printer gets exactly what you send it, not what Windows thinks you want.


Thanks! I give that a try...