HI

Unfortunately with multi-part forms you need to use a dot matrix printer. Windows is very slow printing forms this way and does not handle non-standard pages sizes well. So the best solution is to send the text and printer commands directly to the printer and by-pass the Windows' Print Driver. So there will always be a need to send raw data to the printer.

Simon


>>I am trying to send my report to a raw printer
>>
>>is ther a better idea than my code below ?
>>
>>
>>**************************************************
>> report form PEDIDO TO FILE "PEDIDO1.TXT" ASCII
>>
>> DECLARE INTEGER CopyFile IN KERNEL32.DLL ;
>> STRING @SourceFileName, ;
>> STRING @DestFileName, ;
>> INTEGER bFailIfExists
>>IF CopyFile('PEDIDO1.TXT', 'LPT1',0) # 0
>> * It was copied
>>ELSE
>> * it wasn't
>>ENDIF
>>*************************************************
>
>If you use proportional fonts in that report it will be total mess when it prints. Also why not just use normal reports and tell your client to buy a proper printer?