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Print2PDF via SET ALTERNATE or SET DEVICE TO PRINT?
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16/06/2004 05:27:02
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00913600
Message ID:
00914161
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>>I have a client whose printer suddenly died. It was printing a bunch of old Clipper 5.2 style reports using SET DEVICE TO PRINT etc. As newer Windows based printers often have problems with old DOS based programs, I was thinking of using Print2PDF as the engine to convert this output.
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>>Is there a relatively easy way to implement this requirement using Print2PDF which appears to need a REPORT FORM TO FILE command?
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>Hi Andrew,
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>The only part you've to change if MakePS method. The rest will work as is.

Hi Sergey. Thanks for the reply!

Ah yes, but change it how is my quandary. How do I make the output of my @ x,y SAY statement go through the printer to file in PS format so that the GS routine can convert it to PDF?

Any suggestions?

Thanks
On a CLEAR day you can see forever.
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