>The fastest way to print reports on dot-matrix printers is sending output to a File (REPORT FORM filename.frx TO FILE ASCII)and then copy the file.txt to printer.
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>My big problems is that I use some special characters like "ñáé", but it output others characters.
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>1- Cetins gave me This soluction
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>report form myreport to file myText ASCII
>hd=fopen("mytext.txt",12)
>lnSize = fseek(hd,0,2)
>=fseek(hd,0,0)
>lcText = fread(hd, lnSize)
>=fseek(hd,0,0)
>=fwrite(hd, ansitooem(lcText),lnSize)
>=fclose(hd)
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>2- I tried using a Generic/text only printer, it did not work.
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>3- I tried with RUN COPY /B FILE.TXT TO LPT1:, it did no work.
Hi Plinio,
Me again :) What part is not working ? With generic/text only if the printer is a network printer you should capture a port. You are going to do a DOS style print.
After that :
set headings off
set print on
* Any special print codes here
type file.txt to printer
set print off
Cetin