>>I am trying to gain control over the printer for the purpose of cheque printing on a laser ( probably an HP or compatible ) . I have been unable to control _plineno through the report writer and so I have had to resort to hand coding the report. This is less than attractive for although I have the cheques sort of printing properly, I am getting some escape codes printing as well. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate your help.
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>>Thanks
>>Carmen
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>Carmen,
> Why not use the Report Writer for this?? It is a lot simpler, and more maintainable this way.. Sending escape sequences, try using ??? and the sequences.. This will force FP to send them directly to the printer..
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>Thanx!
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>Tony Miller
>Vancouver,Wa
Tony
I have tried to use the report writer, and the problem I encounter is that after the cheque advise is printed ( this consists of data groupings based on an index and then subtotals ), I can't get the printer to advance to that area of the report where the actual cheque itself will be printed. This is approximately line 44 of an 8.5 X 11 page. I would love to use the report writer to keep everything consistent in the application. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I can't seem to control _plineno. After the advise for the cheque, the cheque info itself is printed immediately following regardless of which line the printer is at. I would have to ensure that the printer starts printing the actual cheque info. ( the Pay to stuff that is actually on the cheque ) at the same line number for each cheque, because these are being printed on pre-printed cheques with the bank number already encoded on them. Any ideas?