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> I have 20 reports designed in Foxpro 2.6 which I tried to convert to Visual
> Foxpro 5. The Fox 2.6 reports were designed to use 132 columns on an 8.5
> inch paper width. In Visual Fox 5 I type "MODI REPORT report1" where
> report1 is my Fox 2.6 Dos report. The converter dialog pops up and lets me
> select a font. I tried the true type Courrier New with a point size of 8.
> After the conversion the alignements were OK but my last column of
> information was missing. I tried converting again with the same font but
> with a point size of 7. This time I could see all the columns but many
> fields were displaying stars "*****" instead of numbers. Other fields were
> displaying partial numbers. Also the font was very small and difficult to
> read compared to 8 points. Do you know of any true type font and point
> size that I can use to ease the conversion process?. I need a fixed size
> font. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Are you sure you want to use a true type font? I've found that
converting FPD reports, it's best to use a fixed font like FoxFont ot
FixedSys.
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