>>I want to print reports to files then reprint after it is emailed to me. I used to be able to do this in dos, but can I do it in Windows?
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>>There will be various printer models used - if that makes a difference. I am on a Novell 3.12 network.
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>>Thanks...
>Robert,
>There are few threads about this. Options are a lot, report to file ascii, setting printer to file and getting "image" of printout, using Adobe Acrobat activex to generate PDF etc.
>My simple 2 cents idea about it, if applicable, instead of reports, "data snapshot" could be zipped and emailed and the receiver side might have frx(s) to generate them again. This would also provide a freedom for different printer models. ie: for "image" files output might be PCL6 format but my printer only support up to PCL5.
>Cetin


Cetin,

I used to use the ASCII output, something I used to do back in foxpro 2.#, not applicable here. PDF is another thing I am aware of, but requires the writer, last check on this it was $29.00. Not feasible when we ship software and have to tell them they have to purchase another software package. These are very elder gentlemen in masonry and sometimes very reserved when we talk about spending more money.

Just hoping maybe 6.0 did something for me that the older versions didn't aside from merging files to Word. Some of them don't have word and others have various flavors with & without patches.

Oh well ... whats new. Thanks.
Robert