How to send a Windows print file to the printer (130991)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.6a
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q130991 SUMMARY
A file created with the command REPORT FORM formname TO FILE filename will
create a file with printer codes. This file can be printed with this MS-DOS
command:
RUN COPY /b filename LPT1:
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A file created with printer codes cannot be printed using the TYPE command
or by choosing Print from the File menu. These two methods expect a text
file with no printer codes. Using either of these two methods prints the
file with lots of strange looking characters that are the printer control
codes.
The /b in the above command stands for binary. Print files created by the
REPORT FORM command are graphic files, not text files and must be printed
as a binary file not as a text file. The /b command can only be used with
the MS-DOS COPY command.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 2/11/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbhowto kbprint KB130991 |
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