>>>>>thanks Jim for answering.. I can not use the Generic Text printer driver, I must
>>>>>use the HP driver. Let me tell you what I am trying to do...
>>>>>I am trying to open an .frm file and stuff it will DATA from a table
>>>>>and print it out. Both the FRM and the DATA needs to print out at the
>>>>>same time. Let me show you my code:
>>>>>
>>>>>* for HP III/IV
>>>>>m.brksz=1000
>>>>>m.jfile=FOPEN('myformfile.frm')
>>>>>m.sz = FSEEK(m.jfile,0,2)
>>>>>=FSEEK(m.jfile,0)
>>>>>m.ct=(m.sz/m.brksz)+1
>>>>>FOR xxx = 1 TO m.ct
>>>>> l_string=FREAD(m.jfile,m.brksz)
>>>>> ??? l_string
>>>>> ENDFOR
>>>>>=FCLOSE(m.jfile)
>>>>>
>>>>>SET PRINTER ON
>>>>>SET CONSOLE OFF
>>>>>SET TALK OFF
>>>>>?? CHR(27)+'(10U'+CHR(27)+'(s0p12.00h10.0v0s0b3T'
>>>>>?? CHR(27)+'*p0X'
>>>>>?? CHR(27)+'*p0Y'
>>>>>=xy_offset(150,812)
>>>>>?? 'test by rob'
>>>>>?? CHR(27)+'E'
>>>>>SET CONSOLE ON
>>>>>SET PRINTER OFF
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>FUNCTION xy_offset
>>>>>PARAMETER nx,ny
>>>>>PRIVATE x,y
>>>>> xoffset=0
>>>>> yoffset=0
>>>>> x=STR(nx+xoffset)
>>>>> y=STR(ny+yoffset)
>>>>> ?? CHR(27)+'*p'+ALLTRIM(x)+'X'
>>>>> ?? CHR(27)+'*p'+ALLTRIM(y)+'Y'
>>>>>RETURN
>>>>>You are right, it works great in DOS, but I need to it work in vfp50 in win95.
>>>>>any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Rob, check out the ??? (3 question marks) command which tells the printer "this is a printer code" instead of the ? and ?? commands which say "Print this stuff"
>>>>
>>>>HTH
>>>>Barbara
>>>
>>>Hi Robert, you can try one more thing but I'm not sure it will work or not, modify the above procedure and try to redirect the output in a file and then try to print the file through "type " command..
>>
>>thanks Vinod... that did not work.. I think Jim Booth said it when he told me
>>that I needed to send code to the print manager instead of the printer.
>>I just do not know where to start...rob
>
>As a last option (if all other is failing), you have to recreate the form in foxpro, which can be easily done in report designer...

Hi Vinod: If I create the form the vfp50, my problems would be solved, but I
have to stick to the FRM file given to me. In Explorer, it says that the FRM file is a Word Perfect Doc. But, when I go into Word Perfect, it says UNKNOWN FILE FORMAT. Let me ask you a question about this FRM file. Is a FRM file just
a file containing printer codes and text? ...thanks ..rob