Mike - In Windows versions 7.x and higher, the various "Variable" objects just refer to the data type of the variable you will be using - so if it's just a TEXT variable, you'll use the Variable Label; for a NOTE or long TEXT that will wrap, you use the Variable Memo - and I think the others are self-explanatory.
So with that said, I remember the example that Mike Byerley shared - but in my conversions from 6.5 to 7.x I didn't need those printer control codes any more so I haven't replicated them in the new versions. So here are two possibilities: 1. Find the appropriate code (as Emmitt suggested). Then, in the Report Action / Before Generate EEP, try: SET VAR vprintercode = (CHAR(whatever)) OUTPUT PRINTER SHOW VAR .vprintercode (or maybe WRITE .vprintercode) OUTPUT SCREEN 2. Copy the old printer shortcut to a new one and modify the properties to pre-define the setting on this if you can see how to do it. Then in the R:BASE report, you set the default Printer to be this new printer. If that doesn't work, write back again and we'll keep working on it ... we'll all feel your pain until we find the way to make this happen in the new version! Sami ____________________________ Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 913-915-1971 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Sinclair Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:53 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Printer Control Codes in Rbase 76 Can anybody verify if printer control codes are supported in reports in Rbase ver 7.6? I can't find any documentation either way. In Rbase for Win ver 6.5, we had plain old "Variables" that were embedded in the report. Now in ver 7.6, we have System Variables, Variable Label, Variable Memo, Variable Rich Text, Variable Check Box, Variable Image, etc. but no plain old "Variable". When Ver 7.5 converted my report from Ver 6.5, it made the plain old Variables into Variable Label. Is there another choice that might make printer control codes work? I have tried every trick I can think of to make the report do a reverse line feed with no luck. Thanks in advance. Mike PS:
