Choice 2....as follows...
OUTPUT file.txt
PRINT MyReport
OUTPUT SCREEN
COPY file.txt LPT1
I'm not sure why, but sometimes it bombs if I send the file to PRN, so I
use
LPT1.
I hope this helps.....I was convinced it could not be done, until now!
Mike Sinclair
"J.M. GRATIAS" wrote:
>
> Mike :
>
> >>
> I'm not sure what you mean by the // port.......perhaps that only
> applies to Windows NT/2000 networks?
> <<
>
> My question was not clear ... Sorry for that ...
>
> What I mean is : Assuming that 'Generic printer' is the current default
> printer, do you print like that :
>
> 1)
> OUTPUT printer
> PRINT ReportName WHERE ....
> OUTPUT screen
>
> or like that :
>
> 2)
> OUTPUT FileName
> PRINT ReportName WHERE ....
> OUTPUT screen
> COPY FileName LPT1:
>
> In this case, do you use RBW COPY command or DOS COPY (with /B option) ?
>
> TIA,
>
> J.M. GRATIAS, Logimatique, France
