> >> >I have used the following way to send data out to printer: > >> >SET DEVICE TO PRINT > >> >SET PRINTER ON > >> >@ PROW()+1,3 SAY "Testing Only" > >> >EJECT > >> >SET PRINTER OFF > >> >SET DEVICE TO SCREEN > >> > > >> >I can't eject a page and only when I quit VFP, then it starts > >> >printing. Any suggestions? Thanks > >> > >> > >> Don't do it that way. Save yourself lots of grief...use the report > >> designer. > >> > >> Craig > > > >As I'm printing an invoice which requires to keep track of the > >number of lines printed before ejecting a new page. Can I do that > >in the report designer? Moreover, I need to relate 2 tables like > >a One-to-Many relationship. Can the report designer help? > > > THis is a pre-printed form??? YUCK....most places have gone to laser foms > because this is so problemactic. There are several problems that you'll > have to deal with: > > 1) Windows handles the printing...you don't really have lots of control > over it. > 2) Lines and characters are basically meaninless in Windows since most > fonts are proportional. > > However, you can try the other suggestions given to you and you might want > to look at the ??? command. > > The other suggestion I have is to look at something like Crystal Reports > that has better formatting capabilities. > I have purchase a report writer called FoxFire, to help me in reporting. Any comment on this product "FoxFire"?