>Hilmar, thanks for the reply.
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>>...send the entire print job with a single "???" command. Prepare >everything, sending text and printer codes to a file with "?/??". >Then, load it to a variable, and send it all at once with a >single "???" command.
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>Nice idea, but it's going to take some effort to convert all the reports in this application. If only the client would put hand-in-pocket to bring the reports up-to-date :-(
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>Regards,
>Alan
I understand that redesigning your entire reporting system can be quite a job.
Perhaps you can test it in any case, to see whether it works as desired. In that case, you might at least consider this option for new systems.
In text-mode reporting, it also helps - for new development efforts - to put generic functionality into a class, like my download #
9991. That way, if you later find that something needs to be changed, hopefully, you have to change it in one single place.
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