>It has been so long since I did this I don't remember how to do it. I am working with an ancient FoxPro DOS program that prints reports with ? commands. The reports are voluminous and I want to direct them to files rather than use up reams of paper. Have been monkeying around with the SET PRINTER TO command, and do get a file, but it consists only of a few special characters. (There is output which I see on the screen). Can someone please remind me how to do this? Running VFP 9 under Windows XP.
set console off
set alternate to MyText.txt
set alternate on
? "Hello World
set alternate off
set alternate to
modify command MyText.txt
Or better, use FAQ #8134.
For text reports, see also download #
9991.
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