>>>>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?
>>>
>>>Not sure if this code will suppress this message:
>>>

>>>oWord = CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application")
>>>oWord.Documents.Open(GETFILE())
>>>oWord.DisplayAlerts = .f.
>>>oWord.Visible = .t.
>>>oWord.PrintOut()
>>>oWord.ActiveDocument.Close()
>>>oWord.Quit()
>>>

>>
>>I think a while ago I suggested slightly different approach (it was not DisplayAlerts but something else) and it worked. Should be here in UT but I can not search.
>
>Thanks - I cant get that to work - what if i convert the doc to a pdf - how do I print that from VFP?

It's exactly the same code! Since a PDF will have pdf as its extension, Windows will pick up the registered program to print it.