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Re: Outputting to a simple text file |
From |
Michael <michael@itntgroup.com.au> |
Date |
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:33:38 -0400 |
Newsgroups |
dbase.getting-started |
If you are sending to a printer of sorts, then the printer will translate depending on what fonts are available for it.
Therefore, I would make sure you create a generic text printer and set it with _pdriver = "WINSPOOL, Generic/Text".
This will ensure the file gets sent to printer as text form as you print it.
Use Mervyns text to write a text file but if your sending to a printer, use,
_pdriver = "WINSPOOL, Generic/Text"
PRINTJOB
set printer on
? "enter your code"
set printer off
ENDPRINTJOB
This will send the output to the printer. Same programing structure as Mervyns code.
Note: the output to the printer wont be sent until the ENDPRINTJOB. This will send it to the windows spooler.
Michael.
Matt Milner Wrote:
> In 1988 I wrote an interface to a Unix based Plasma cutting machine to cut out air conditioner ductwork parts usind dBase II. The code I wrote revolved around "Set Printer on" and sending text lines beginning with ? or ??. When I use that approach with dBase Plus 11, the text file created contains printer code rather than text. I have hundreds of pages of ? / ?? code. Is there a simple switch that will give me a file with just lines of text?
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