>Greetings!
>
>We are using the Griffen Technologies TX Text Controller v5.52 and are having trouble printing. Apparently, the OCX needs to talk directly to the printer port and must have the integer handle for the printer device.
>
>The syntax would be something like:
>
> TXTextControl1.PrintDevice = Printer.hDC
> TXTextControl1.PrintPage(n)
>
>This OCX was designed with Visual Basic in mind and, from what I can see, VB can print by grabbing the device handle. Can FoxPro do this, too? Any assistance would be most appreciated. (We're also awaiting feedback from the developer.)
>
>Michael Reynolds
>herbalst@west.net

Try this:

DECLARE INTEGER CreateDC IN Win32API;
  STRING @lpszDriver, STRING @lpszDevice,;
  STRING @lpszOutput, STRING @lpInitData
hDC = CreateDC('WINSPOOL', lcPrinter, 0, 0)

In the above lcPrinter is the name of the printer (as it would appear in the first column of the array returned by APRINTERS()).

hth,