Hi Anatoliy

I have tried your suggestions, but it still won't work. May be someone from Microsoft might know why this works in VFP7 SP1, but not in VFP8 sp1. The fll method is supposed to return a handle from the passed in printer.

Thanks for your suggestions.

John

>1098 error code means "A user-supplied error string was displayed".
>
>The FLL may not be "completely satisfied" with input parameters.
>
>When running each FoxPro version (7 and 8), check what exactly is stored in tcPrnName after GETPRINTER() returns. Make sure that there is no difference.
>
>In version 8 try the following:
>
>(1) change from

>STORE AOpenDC(tcPrnName,tcOrient,tnPaperSiz) TO nHandle

>to

>nHandle = AOpenDC(tcPrnName,tcOrient,tnPaperSiz)

>Sounds silly, but sometimes you never know what's going to help :)
>
>(2) before calling AOpenDC function insert new line:

>tcPrnName = tcPrnName + Chr(0)

>if this doesn't make your life better, change the line to:

>tcPrnName = StrConv(tcPrnName + Chr(0), 5)