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Author How do you cause a text file to be printed from a procedure in a form?
Jud

2005-12-03, 8:24 pm

Hi,
This is VFP6 SP5.
My code creates a text file and then I want to send the file to the
printer. I have spent hours trying to find the right command in Help
(no comment)! I'm sure it is simple, but I simply can't find how to
"print a file" or "print file" or whatever.

Any help would be appreciated,
Jud

Fred Taylor

2005-12-03, 8:24 pm

TYPE filename.txt TO PRINTER

--
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP


"Jud" <judsonrp@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:1133656616.168242.277230@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> This is VFP6 SP5.
> My code creates a text file and then I want to send the file to the
> printer. I have spent hours trying to find the right command in Help
> (no comment)! I'm sure it is simple, but I simply can't find how to
> "print a file" or "print file" or whatever.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Jud
>



Jud

2005-12-04, 3:24 am

Thanks Fred,
I haven't used TYPE in years, memory failed me. It works, but it adds
the following:

\/ This is ASCII 12 (can't recall what it does).

c:\work\printersavef
ile.txt 12/03/2005
1

or


c:\work\printersavef
ile.txt 12/03/2005
2

to each file and I would rather it did not.

Any tricks I can use to avoid those lines?
Thanks for your help,
Jud

Jud

2005-12-04, 3:24 am

Me again,
Honestly, there is a character in the lines just above the "c:\..."
lines. But, I guess Google doesn't print those low ascii numbered
characters.
Jud

Fred Taylor

2005-12-04, 3:24 am

SET HEADINGS OFF
TYPE yourfile.txt TO PRINTER

--
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP


"Jud" <judsonrp@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:1133663626.121419.29150@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks Fred,
> I haven't used TYPE in years, memory failed me. It works, but it adds
> the following:
>
> \/ This is ASCII 12 (can't recall what it does).
>
> c:\work\printersavef
ile.txt 12/03/2005
> 1
>
> or
>
>
> c:\work\printersavef
ile.txt 12/03/2005
> 2
>
> to each file and I would rather it did not.
>
> Any tricks I can use to avoid those lines?
> Thanks for your help,
> Jud
>



Jud

2005-12-05, 1:25 pm

Fred, thank you very much.

Jud

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