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Communicate with parallel port
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11/12/1998 00:01:09
 
 
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10/12/1998 23:51:45
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00166401
Message ID:
00166429
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16
>>Try:
>>
>>SET PRINTER TO LPTx
>>SET DEVICE TO PRINTER
>>
>>And use @...SAY commands to send data to printer.
>>
>Hi Vlad,
>
>Actually, I believe you will have to use the ?? operator to send escape codes to a printer, i.e.
>
>SET PRINTER ON
>SET PRINTER TO LPTx
>?? CHR(27) + CHR(XX) + CHR(YY)
>
>Used to work in DOS, anyway.
>
>regards,
>
>jim

I believe you don't need to send escape sequences if the device on lpt is not a printer. Just the ascii codes needed to control the device.

Vlad
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