>What about when the printer is in the network???
>

* The DECLARE is case sensitive
DECLARE INTEGER CopyFile IN WIN32API STRING @, STRING @, INTEGER
=CopyFile('MyFile.TXT','\\234.1.1.1\PrinterShare',0)
* This works undeer NT & 2K, Win9x does not support IP adddresses as a part of
* a UNC, so you need to somehow translate the IP address to a NetBIOS name;
* a WINS server or entry in your LMHOSTS file
=CopyFile('MyFile.TXT','\\MyServer\PrinterShare',0)
* If you had previously mapped the network printer to a local system port
* using the API or NET USE, you can send to the port
=CopyFile('MyFile.TXT','LPT2:',0)

>We have a line printer connected in the network - actually it is connected on a Unix maschine, but my NT PC sees it as an lpr port : "lp333@234.1.1.1", anyway suppose that this is a network printer. Now, because this line printer prints 1000 lines per minutes in character mode, if i want to keep the same speed i have to output the report in ascii form and then print directly to the port. I tried the following solutions with no success:
>
>1.print directly to the port:
>
>fso = createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
>fso.copyfile("myfile.txt", "lp333@234.1.1.1")
> ^--------- the port
>
>define a driver and then bypassing it
>
>set printer on
>set printer to ibmproprinter
>???filetostr(myfile)
>set printer to
>set printer off
>
>I would appreciate any help
>
>Thank you
>
>
>>>>Hi,
>>>> Thank you.
>>>> I already use REPORT FORM myreport TO FILE mytext.txt ASCII to save my report in to TEXT FILE. Now, I need to print it out programmactically from this TEXT FILE without need to regenerate the report.
>>>>any idea>?
>>>
>>>This is adapted from the _1001 Things You Wanted to Know about Visual FoxPro_ book by Akins/Kramek/Shummer (see www.hentzenwerke.com), which has become an indispensable reference on my desktop:
>>>
>>>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN Shell32.dll ;
>>> LONG HWnd, STRING cAction, STRING cFileName, STRING cParameters, ;
>>> STRING cPath, INTEGER nShowWindow
>>>
>>>RetVal = ShellExecute( 0, "Print", "C:\MyFile\File.txt", ;
>>> "", "", 0)
>>>
>>
>>As long as print via the Windows GDI is what's wanted, this will work; if he needs to send the file as a stream to a device, especially containing control codes, he needs to use CopyFile() or David Frankenbach's approach of ??? FILETOSTR('c:\myfile\file.txt') to keep the GDI out of the loop.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - della