>>I think the solution is to decrease the margin in the printer properties margin setting.
>>
>>>Using the following code my word doc prints in VFP
>>>
>>>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute ;
>>>IN SHELL32.DLL ;
>>>INTEGER nWinHandle,;
>>>STRING cOperation,;
>>>STRING cFileName,;
>>>STRING cParameters,;
>>>STRING cDirectory,;
>>>INTEGER nShowWindow
>>>? ShellExecute(0,"print","c:\what.doc","","",0)
>>>
>>>But I get a message
>>>
>>>The margins of section 1 are outside the printable area of the page - do you want to continue?
>>>
>>>If I say yes it prints fine - how can I stop this message coming up?
>
>Tried that it doesn't seem to make any difference
>
>I realy need a command I can insert into shell execute

Maybe you can use Windows Scripting Host instead of ShellExecute, since WSH has a function called SendKeys() which you can use to send keystrokes to the activated application. See here for sample code: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/259103?wa=wsignin1.0