>>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.
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>* Enable output
>set console off
>set alternate to MyText.txt
>set alternate on
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>* Run the report
>? "Hello World
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>* Disable output
>set alternate off
>set alternate to
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>* Show the report
>modify command MyText.txt
>* Or better, use FAQ #8134
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>For text reports, see also download #9991.


Works like a champ! Thank you very much.

I don't believe I had ever used the SET ALTERNATE command before, in any version of FoxPro....