I might be getting closer...this is what the output file looks like...
@ 0 C" j½
NAME: John Smith AGE: 104.109
AMOXIL 500 MG
1 PO TID X 10 DAYS
QUANT: {30} REFILLS: {NONE}
VOID AFTER 01/19/2008
______________________________
MS DEA#: CALL TO VERIFY
8000. DATE: 01/12/2008
j6
The top 4 charater sets and the very bottom characters are supposed to be my
printer control codes.
But instead of controling the printer, the printer just prints those symbols!
How do I get the values sent to the printer without having them print....like
they did in Rbase 6.5?
Mike
-------------- Original message from "Emmitt Dove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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Id use text. Something like:
Variable name: vMoveUp
Type: Text
Formula: (CHAR(27)+[the escape string needed])
Emmitt Dove
Manager, DairyPak Business Systems
Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
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(203) 643-8022
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:32 PM
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76
Hi Emmitt!
I will give that a try...does it matter which kind of variable I use in the
report to represent the printer control codes?
Thanks!
Mike
-------------- Original message from "Emmitt Dove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Mike,
>
> What I would do is create a report that is set up to be text-only (File |
> Print to Text File Setup | File Type - Fixed Length
>
> Then, create your report as appropriate, embedding the printer control codes
> in variables and placing appropriately on the report. Now, print your
> report to the text file, and ZIP CMD /C COPY filename.txt PRN.
>
> It may not be the *only* way, but it should work. If it seems to be too
> much of a pain to go this route, then revert to a PAGEMODE report ...
>
> Emmitt Dove
> Manager, DairyPak Business Systems
> Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (203) 643-8022
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael
> Sinclair
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:27 PM
> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76
>
> The missing link is that there does not appear to be any way to move the
> paper up and down
> unless there is a way to send a command to the printer. Do you think it
> would be possible to
> send the report to a file and then copy the file to the printer in order
> to get the printer to move the
> paper backwards?
> Mike
>
> MikeB wrote:
> > Here is all I can find from Sami, but it refers to Pre 7.x, which
> shouldn't be
> > an issue as long as you can approximate it in 7.x. Just give it a Shot
> and
> > test to blank paper (don't waste preprinted) I just print to blanks and
> hold
> > up to light till I get close.
> >
> > 1. You can design a "Custom Report" to print any kind of custom checks.
> >
> > Tips:
> > . Use ONLY PH (Page Header) Section of Report (Key Point)
> > . Remove all other sections, i.e, RH, D, RF, etc.
> > . Under Report Layout,
> > . Lines Per Page: 74
> > . Page Footer Line Number: 0
> > . CHECK [Remove Initial Carriage Return]
> > . UN-CHECK [Manual Break Reset]
> > . CHECK [Clear Variables after Printing]
> > . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - Before Printing Report]
> > . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - Before Report Header]
> > . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - After Report Header]
> > . UN-CHECK [Form Feed - After Report Footer]
> > . SET Print Orientation to Portrait
> > . SET Left Margin to 0.75
> > . SET Right Margin to 8.00
> >
> > ; 2. You can also use Custom LABEL feature of R:BASE for Windows
> >
> > You don't need that. R:BASE FOR WINDOWS 6.1/6.1A DOES IT ALL!
> >
> > Under "Report Settings", you can pre-define the "Print Orientation" to
> > Landscape.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Sinclair"
> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List"
> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 5:46 PM
> > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hi Mike,
> >> There are times when you have to print on an original preprinted forms
> >> (perscriptions for controlled substance, FAA pilot forms, etc).
> >> If that is the case, can Rbase for Windows 7.6 reports utilize printer
> >> control codes or is there some workaround?
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> MikeB wrote:
> >>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Michael Sinclair"
> >>> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List"
> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:17 PM
> >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi all!
> >>>> I am trying to convert a report in Rbase for Win 6.5 to ver 7.6. The
> report
> >>>> has to be typed on a roll of preprinted
> >>>> perforated forms. The forms are 4.25" tall, 5.5 " wide (plus the
> tractor
> >>>> feed strips). They are being printed on a
> >>>> dot matrix Panasonic KXP 1150 printer that has those wheels with spi kes
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I still have a good (although not used for at least 6 years) one laying
> on a
> >>> shelf that I gave up on and just went to printing multiple copies
> through a
> >>> laser instead of multipart dot matrix. It is just a pain.
> >>>
> >>> I think Sami had some ideas on this from about 5 or 6 years back too.
> It
> >>> was Check printing, IIRC.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> on both sides of the roll of forms that grab
> >>>> the form and shoves it through the printer. Further more, when the
> printer
> >>>> is at rest, the top of the perforation of the next
> >>>> form to get printed on is at the perfect level so that the user can
> tear
> >> >> off the last form right on the perforation line.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now if you are with me so far, here is the tricky part. I have to start
>
> >>>> printing ABOVE where the print head sits when the form
> >>>> and printer are at rest. In Rbase for DOS and Rbase for Windows, I used
>
> >>>> printer control codes embedded in the report to make
> >>>> the printer roll the paper backwards just the right amount to start
> >>>> printing, and then at the end, advance the paper just enough so
> >>>> that the perforation would be at the right place to facilitate tearing
> off
> >>>> the printed form.
> >>>>
> >>>> I let Rbase for Windows 7.6 convert the form, and now it prints funny
> >>>> little symbols on the report rather than moving the paper
> >>>> up and down.
> >>>>
> >>>> How do I put printer control codes in Rbase for 7.6 reports? Or is
> there
> >>>> some other cooler way to get the same thing done?
> >>>> Thanks for reading my long winded wordy question!!!
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
