Hi


We are trying to print directly to Zebra label printer using the ZPL language.

We’re using a VFP9 System and i am trying to use values from the database in the output.

At present the code i am using looks like this:

SET PRINTER TO DEFAULT

??? ' ^xa'

??? ' ^lh30,80'

??? ' ^FO20,10^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS'

??? ' ^FO20,110^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'

??? ' ^FO20,160^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'

??? ' ^FO20,210^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'

??? ' ^FO20,260^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'

??? ' ^FO20,400^AS,35^FDfoxprofieldY^FS'

??? ' ^FO20,480^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS'

??? ' ^FO120,650^BC,60^FDfoxprofield^FS'

??? ' ^XZ'

However this does not do anything! (please note the text “foxprofield” is dummy and just an example.

The printer is installed as a generic/text printer and also will print when using notepad.

Where are we going wrong? How do we force VFP9 to write to the printer using the correct method?

When coding this in notepad it looks like this:

^xa

^lh30,80

^FO20,10^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS

^FO20,110^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS

^FO20,160^AS,35^FD1foxprofield^FS

^FO20,210^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS

^FO20,260^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS

^FO20,400^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS

^FO20,480^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS

^FO120,650^BC,60^FDfoxprofield^FS

^XZ