Hi Ralf,
I think you are stuck with memo fields. You can then print them out using SET DEVICE TO PRINT and the @...SAY commands with MLINE (or is it MEMLINE?) and SET MEMOWIDTH. Of course, you may want to use the STUFF() function to substitute in data relevent to the current customer.
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>How should I go about creating letters from a 2.6 DOS application?
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>I want to get customer name, address etc. from the current record,
>then open an editing window to compose the txt of the letter, then
>to print it out. The letter need not be saved. I find working with memo fields in 2,6 DOS rather cumbersome, in VFP5.0 they work just great, of course...
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>I don't need detailed code, just a few pointers to the right approach.
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>Rolf
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