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How to View Postscript File Output
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19/10/2000 15:40:35
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
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00431346
Message ID:
00431760
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>>Hi all,
>>
>>How can I view a postscript file created with the Visual Fox Pro Command :
>>REPORT FORM XXX.FRX TO FILE OUTPUT.PST
>>
>>Thanks in Advance
>
>Petros,
>
>Are you involved with Evros? You both ask the same question at the same time. The file created is a printer image file. The only way to view it is to copy it to the printer that it was created for, that would be the current printer driver when the command was issued.

This is true for most print jobs, but not necessarily with PostScript.

If you take a look at a PostScript output file, it is just a series of text commands in the PostScript PDL. These commands are interpreted by the PostScript interpreter in the printer.

In some ways, this file is similar to an HTML file. There is no inherent reason why a "browser" could not be created to view such a file on-screen. In fact, the NeXT computer did exactly that a number of years ago, with its Display PostScript.
Regards. Al

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