Microsoft KB Archive/130991

= How to send a Windows print file to the printer =

Article ID: 130991

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Professional Edition

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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:



MORE INFORMATION
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.

Keywords: kbhowto kbprint KB130991

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