That works, but the printer ejects a blank page even when sent to a file. Plus we have literally hundreds of prgs coded with @...say that worked in FPD26 of course, but now the additive keyword does not work with VFP7 and using @...say.

Tracy

*The below should be the first two lines of test.txt
set PRINTER TO test.txt
set DEVICE TO printer
set print on
? 'this is test1.'
? 'this is the 2nd line from the first printing.'
set DEVICE TO screen
set PRINTER to
set print off
*The following should be appended to the file test.txt
*but it overwrites it instead.
set PRINTER TO test.txt additive
set DEVICE TO printer
set print on
? 'this is test2.'
? 'this is the 4th line from the 2nd printing.'
set DEVICE TO screen
set PRINTER to
set print off
MODIFY COMMAND test.txt

>>IS the additive keyword not accepted in VFP7? It does not work. No matter what, when printing to a file, it overwrites the information. In the below code, the 2nd printing overwrites the first instead of appending it as the HELP states is should. Any ideas?
>>
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>>*The below should be the first two lines of test.txt
>>set PRINTER TO test.txt
>>set DEVICE TO printer
>>@1,0 say 'this is test1.'
>>@2,0 say 'this is the 2nd line from the first printing.'
>>set DEVICE TO screen
>>set PRINTER to
>>
>>*The following should be appended to the file test.txt
>>*but it overwrites it instead.
>>set PRINTER TO test.txt additive
>>set DEVICE TO printer
>>@3,0 say 'this is test2.'
>>@4,0 say 'this is the 4th line from the 2nd printing.'
>>set DEVICE TO screen
>>set PRINTER to
>>

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>What happens if you replace each "@...SAY" with "?" ?