>Hi all,
>
>I need to send hexidecimal commands to an Epson LQ-570e dotmatrix printer in order to print a barcode on a document. Just trying to send the commands with

?? 0x1B 0x28 0x42 && command to print a barcode

gives a syntax error. Do I need to set up ASCII variables and use

TRANSFORM(variable, format)

to get VFP to send hex codes? Will just assigning a hex value to a variable

local lnPrintBarCodeCmd
>lnPrintBarCodeCmd = '0x1B 0x28 0x42'
>??  lnPrintBarCodeCmd

give me what I need?
>
>Hacking away....TIA

Try

??? CHR(0x1B) + CHR(0x28) + CHR(0x42)

Remember, that it wouldn't work if you print thru Windows driver because it will discard all none printable characters.