Hi. I know this isn't what you asked for, but I just want to make sure. Is there a way to retrieve the data for the receipt and print it based on what is being stored in the tables?

Also, when I want a report in ASCII form, I print directly to an ASCII file using printer codes. This means you have to know the printer you are printing to and you have to know the printer's codes. When the file is created, I do a

COPY FILE whatfile.txt TO LPT1:

I have found this to be easier than using the report designer with ASCII files.


Joe

>Hello,
>In my application I have to make automatic printouts of receipts.
>It should normally not be possible for the user, to print one receipt manually twice, because it is a document. But what, if the printer strikes? So I would like to append the report info into a simple text file that the document-info is not lost, which should not be a problem. But I don't want to get this file too big. Say, after a while, the oldest entries should be deleted automatically, when a certain size of the file is reached.
>How can I do this?
>Thanks in advance.