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Opening POS electronic cashdrawer.
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19/06/2003 17:55:31
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00801458
Message ID:
00801966
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>>>Hello all.
>>>I have a strange question.
>>>
>>>What is the foxpro equivalent of CRTL-G?
>>>
>>>I'm working the cash drawer model CR3002, manufactured by Logic Control.
>>>
>>>In the document for DOS prompt, sending it CRTL-G, which displays as "^G", supposed to open the cashdrawer.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>It's ASCII code 7, or chr(7) from FoxPro. You might try two if it still doesn't work. ex: ? chr(7)+chr(7)
>
>You're doubling up the wrong thing here. You might be better off with a ?? CHR(7). The single '?' does a CR+LF then the Bell.

I've seen some cash drawers that would not open with one Bell character, but two would work. And some won't work with Bell at all, they require a pulse/duration control sequence.

Wouldn't the ? or ?? only affect the receipt printer, if one was connected between the computer and cash drawer?
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