Thanks a lot Tore

>The thing is that Windows want to be smart, which in this case is not so smart, to put it that way. What I do, is first "print" to a text file, and then copy the file to printer, COPY FILE MyFile.TXT TO LPT1:
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>>Hi
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>>We are trying to print directly to Zebra label printer using the ZPL language.
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>>We’re using a VFP9 System and i am trying to use values from the database in the output.
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>>At present the code i am using looks like this:
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>>SET PRINTER TO DEFAULT
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>>??? ' ^xa'
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>>??? ' ^lh30,80'
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>>??? ' ^FO20,10^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS'
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>>??? ' ^FO20,110^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'
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>>??? ' ^FO20,160^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'
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>>??? ' ^FO20,210^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'
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>>??? ' ^FO20,260^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS'
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>>??? ' ^FO20,400^AS,35^FDfoxprofieldY^FS'
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>>??? ' ^FO20,480^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS'
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>>??? ' ^FO120,650^BC,60^FDfoxprofield^FS'
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>>??? ' ^XZ'
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>>However this does not do anything! (please note the text “foxprofield” is dummy and just an example.
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>>The printer is installed as a generic/text printer and also will print when using notepad.
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>>Where are we going wrong? How do we force VFP9 to write to the printer using the correct method?
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>>When coding this in notepad it looks like this:
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>>^xa
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>>^lh30,80
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>>^FO20,10^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS
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>>^FO20,110^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS
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>>^FO20,160^AS,35^FD1foxprofield^FS
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>>^FO20,210^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS
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>>^FO20,260^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS
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>>^FO20,400^AS,35^FDfoxprofield^FS
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>>^FO20,480^AS,90,90^FDfoxprofield^FS
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>>^FO120,650^BC,60^FDfoxprofield^FS
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>>^XZ