At 10:56 AM 2/26/2009, [email protected] wrote:
I can't remember if windows is capable of sending control codes to printers...
Did you know that R:BASE 7.6 Update 3 (Build:7.6.3.30516), and R:BASE Turbo V-8 Update 17 (Build: 8.0.17.30516), released on May 16, 2008, includes a cool feature to send printer/hardware specific control codes, using PCC Label object in Report or Label designer? A new PCC Label Control has been added to the Advanced Controls in Label and Reports to support printer/hardware specific control codes. The PCC (Printer Control Code) Label control will send any Printer or POS Cash Drawer code to control the features of your printer or any other device that accepts application codes. The PCC Label supports the following values to be entered into the "Edit Toolbar", which displays the "Set Value" hint when a PCC Label is selected: ABORTDOC - stops the current print job and erases everything the application has written to the device since the last ENDDOC NEWFRAME - informs the printer that the application has finished writing to a page ENDDOC - ends a print job Escape Sequence: "nn nn nn ... nn", Example: 27 13 12 56 Another example of using a control code is if you must instruct your printer to open your cash drawer. In this case, you will need to enter the following code in the "Set Value" field in order to open the cash drawer before printing the receipt in an R:BASE POS system: 27 112 0 50 250 Note: The PCC Label control is specifically used for controlling "hardware" connected to the computer. It is not to be used to control the text font, size, and/or style for a report control, as was supported in legacy DOS versions of R:BASE. If you need to edit the a text font, size, and/or style, you must use the "Format Toolbar". To alter the a text font, size, and/or style on the fly, you must use the PROPERTY command with a Report Custom EEP. All hardware PCC codes, when placed while in the Label or Report Designer, are only enforced when printing the label or report to a printer using the OPTION PRINTER command. Very Best R:egards, Razzak.
