George,

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

Exactamundo... (erhh.. That's a little spanish lingo there... *g*)

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>>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.
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>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.
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Probably not but the idea was to spark more ideas and perhaps a different way of approaching the issue, as Bill so eloquently pointed out.

>>Not too practical but perhaps it will spark your fertile mind. Kind of like a match and a far*. *bg* & *gr&rvvf*
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>ROFL! And accurate too.:-)

Heh heh.. I kind of figured you'd appreciate that bit of mental artwork. *g*

Best,

DD