>hi all,
>
>Currently I'm using the following procedure to print text files.
>(1) load text file into a rich-text control (rtf)
>(2) set rtf font name and size
>(3) display printer dialog using ActiveX common control dialog
>(4) flags 0x100 (256) is use to return the hDC property
>(5) user MUST set the landscape/portrait mode for the loaded file
>(6) the file is printed using rtf.SelPrint(hDC)
>
>So far so good, only problem is that I want to programmatically
>set the landscape/portrait mode, paper size, etc without bringing
>up the printer dialog and lets the user select them.
>
>There must be a way to do it in VFP. Any solution or help is much
>appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>Kockhin

Hi,

This type of operation can be done via the SetPrinter() API function. It, unfortunately, would require that you send a PRINTER_INFO_2 structure to set the orientation. This structure contains a pointer to a DEVMODE structure that's one of its members. While I'm playing around with the GetPrinter() function, I'm not far enough along in the process to say whether or not it's possible in native FoxPro code to either access or set the values associated with this (PRINTER_INFO_2) structure (there are four other PRINTER_INFO structures).

It also might be possible to set this information in the registry's Default DevMode entry for the particular printer.

hth,