Have you tried the VFP command:
COPY FILE filename.prt TO LPT1:
?
If not, does it do the job for you?
Joe
>Hi All
>
>I have developed a Touch screen POS system for a Hardware dealer. As I cannot
>choose the hardware myself, I have to live with the limitations of the PC and
>printer. I get a Spool32 error intermitantly . I got around this by copy to a
>text file and then doing a RUN copy command to print the receipt. However when I do this, I get the white command window up and the system does not return back to the calling form .
>
>Any ideas
>
>Thanks A lot
>
>Brian
Joseph C. Kempel
Systems Analyst/Programmer
JNC