I am trying to send system commmands to a printer but I can't get it to work in VFP 6.0 I tried using the same code as the previous application. It was written in clipper.

Here is an example of the commands

chars_out = CHR(1)
chars_out = chars_out + CHR(2) + "L" + CHR(13) + "D11" + chr(13) + "H10" + chr(13)

chars_out = chars_out + "351100001450350" + "HELLO WORLD" + CHR(13)
chars_out = chars_out + "1X1100000010007" + "L445112" + CHR(13)
chars_out = chars_out + "1X1100000010008" + "L110057" + CHR(13)

All it ends up printing is the actual string. How do I send these commands directly to the port?

Tyler