>>>>>>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

Speaking honestly, I don't know abt. frm file extension, but the code which you gave me was for sending printer codes, so on basis of that only I replied...