>I am trying to print receipts to a dot matrix printer using VFP 5.0. In DOS, the following code communicated with the printer and allowed me to set page length to 33 lines:
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>SET DEVICE TO PRINT
>SET PRINT ON
>SET CONSOLE OFF
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>?? CHR(27) + CHR(67) + CHR(33)
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>In Windows, I get garbage characters and no change of page length. How am I supposed to send Esc sequences through the Windows driver???
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>TIA.
>
>John

Either you have to use Reports and put for fields properties as 'fixed ' and remove the tag 'stretch with over flow'. Manipulate your lines to that of inches or centimetres and calculate the positions before handedly.

OR

use _pagelength, _pageno, _padvance etc. variables in your programming . May be you need to go into very backward , but I fear there is no other way.

OR

Try finding the print commands 'ESCAPE sequences ' for that printer and manipulate. Atleast that should work for atleast that printer.

OR

Try using _PDSETUP .


I guessed your situation and gave above solution but I really do not know what you wanted to print actually on printer . Is that from Table , if so why not go for Reports?.

--Satya