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Using @SAY to direct output to the printer in VFP5
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02/12/2000 05:04:33
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
 
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02/12/2000 04:54:02
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00448473
Message ID:
00448475
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>I have to design a report that is too complex for the VFP report designer. The alternative was to go by the trusty Fox for DOS @SAY commands, eg:
>
>SET PRINT ON
>SET DEVICE TO PRINT
>SET CONSOLE OFF
>@2,3 say say 'My Report'
>
>However this output never gets to the printer. Anytime I check, the print job is being spooled - for as long as thirty minutes. What didn't I do right?
>
>Please help.
>
>Alex

Alex,
set print on/off

However I did something similar with another approach. Textmerge to a file, get the file to a memo and print memo using native report form.
Cetin
Çetin Basöz

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