We have just discovered that neither sys(13) nor printstatus() work in VFP. Additionally, we have noticed that getprinter() and sys(1037), which both display the printer dialog box, do basically the same thing as the other two -- which is to indicate that the printer is 'ready' regardless of what its actual status is. I have waded through several of the threads about this issue, but have somehow missed the answer as to how one can actually determine if a printer is on line or offline or whatever. We would like to spare our users the dismay of getting stuck in a report and having to ctl-alt-delete their way out.

If anyone has a way to do this, we would really appreciate hearing it.

Thanks!