Doug,
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>Oh, for cyring out loud.. You guys are being way too nice to each other. *g*

What the &&%$^&#^!@ is it to ya, bud? That better< bg >? Hey, I've got my "Chicago side". I also have the restraint and good sense to know that's it's much more effective when use judiciously.:-)

>What about a "pre-print" squirt to the printer? Only thing there is you would most likely lose a piee of paper unless you could somehow figure out a way to send one character to the device, have it not eject the page but return a code (error or no) and if all's ok proceed.

Not a bad idea, but I still don't think that it's practical from within VFP. Bill might be onto something, however. I've never messed with those functions and don't have a clue as to how well it'll work.

>Not too practical but perhaps it will spark your fertile mind. Kind of like a match and a far*. *bg* & *gr&rvvf*

ROFL! And accurate too.:-)