>> >> >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"?


FoxFire is great tool! It still uses the VFP Report Writer....internally. They've pulled apart the guts of the FRX and creat one on the fly. After all, it is just a DBF with a different extension.

Craig