>>>>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
>
>I can't see how to use it but thanks anyway
>
>I really need a command I can insert into shell execute to disable error printing

Which isn't possible, as far as I can see.