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Printing RTF
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Visual FoxPro
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Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00155810
Message ID:
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>Hi John,
>
>>I need to print the RTF from the report writer if possible.
>
>That's difficult to impossible. The problem is this: To use the RTF ActiveX control to print the text you have to pass it the _same_ device context that VFP is using to print. While it's possible to determine all currently existing device contexts, I yet haven't found a way to determine to which application a DC belongs.
>
>Therefore the only way to print RTF is to use a OLE server. That means you have to add the RTF file to a general field, and use, for example, WinWord for printing the text. Of course a general field is limited in a report. I don't think you can print more than one page.
>
>Christof


Christof,

Thank you for responding. I haven't used the RTF control before and I appreciate this information.
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