>>>In the Dos days, I always used the systems variables _pepage, _pbpage, _pcopies, etc to control my report output. In VFP, I found out that only _pcopies works.
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>>>Can anybody suggest anything? The system I'm developing involves lengthy reports that are likely to get interrupted and therefore needs to selectively print specific pages only.
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>>>Is there anyway to access other Microsoft products' (Excel or Word) printer setup dialog boxes from VFP?
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>>I believe that if you issue PROMPT with the REPORT command that a dialog box (which one depends on printer driver) comes up which may have the boxes in which you can select a page range to print.
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>>Steve Despres
>>EZ Data Inc
>>sdespres@erols.com
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>Hi Steve:
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>Actually, I'm already using a =SYS(1037) command before all my printing job and I get the printer setup dialog box. But it's the generic type where the only options are the choice of printers and device settings (resolution, memory, etc) but not the pages to print.
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>I'm still at a dead end.

i haven't seen this option available since fpw 2.6. for some reason, m$ dropped it...