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Printing Report output sent to a file
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Visual FoxPro
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Reports & Report designer
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00489937
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George and Claude,
Don't forget that the printer codes in the file are specific to the printer that was the default (or specifically chosen for the report) when the report was run. If you try to print a LaserJet V report file on an Epson dot matrix you will NOT get readable results.

Barbara

>To print the postscript file you could just use the DOS copy command to copy it to the printer (prn, lpt1, etc)
>
>Using VFP's report writer does not give you any other options as far as file formats go.
>
>HTH,
>George
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>
>>Using the command
>>
>> report form reportname to file filename
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>>creates a file with embeded postscript commands. Adding the ascii option creates very ugly look outout.
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>>Questions:
>>1. How do I print the resulting postscript file, do I need to rename the extension, get another progran, something else?
>>2. Is it possible to create files with other formats (ie word, rft, html, ...) that retain the original formating? If so how hard is it?
Barbara Paltiel, Paltiel Inc.
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