>>>>>>>>>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...
>>
>>What does CHR(27)+'E' mean?
>
>that will also vary from printer to printer...
>
>you can check in the manual of HP or you can try sending the code to the printer.... (If you have any dos based software like dbase, you can easily do it) ..
>
>One more thing came in my mind that if it is showing you that it is a word perfect file, maybe the version in which this file is made and version on your computer is not same...

thanks Vinod - I think it resets the printer and ejects the page. thanks again.. rob