>>>>>>does anyone know how to send a binary print file to the printer? >>>>> >>>>>If you mean file created by REPORT Form ... TO File ... (w/out >ASCII >clause), then you can just use COPY FILE cFilename TO lpt1, if printer >is >on lpt1. >>>> >>>>no they're basically graphics that were printed to a file. i tried >it >with copy file to lpt1 but it tells me that there is not enough disk >space >for lpt1. i have 900megs free. the file itself is only about 180k. >>> >>>I use copy file to lpt1 for up to 500K files at it works ok, but I >use >Foxpro native files. Try dos copy command to make sure that copying is >not >an option here. >> >>from dos copy /b myfile.prn to prn works great. >>i can bang from vfp to do this but the dos shell isn't pretty and >while >it's printing, the rest of the system is basically locked up. >>i'm thinking about seeing if i can get the advertising dept to change > >formats. > >Gray, > >If there's an application capable of printing the file (such as >Paint), >then, in some cases, you can have it print the file for you using, >for >example, the following syntax: > >RUN /N7 C:\Program Files\Accessories\MSPAINT.EXE /P >C:\WINDOWS\Clouds.bmp > >This will cause the program to print the file and then close, >minimized and >inactive. > >HTH, > >George You can use fread(), fwrite(), fopen() (this function is for opening the printer port only for writing) functions to achieve your goal. It works just like DOS command copy /b. And you could run DOS commands background using Win32API ShellExecute() to prevent DOS window from appearing. Chris Lee