>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.
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>Here is an example of the commands
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>chars_out = CHR(1)
>chars_out = chars_out + CHR(2) + "L" + CHR(13) + "D11" + chr(13) + "H10" + chr(13)
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>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)
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>All it ends up printing is the actual string. How do I send these commands directly to the port?
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>Tyler

How are you currently trying to send it to the printer? The ??? command sends directly to the printer, bypassing the Windows drivers...

set printer on
??? chars_out
set printer off

Is this for a bar code font?

HTH,