>>>>>>>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...

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