FPW26 Printing

[tondi]

I am converting a vertical app from FPD26 to FPW26. My challenge is with print routines and I would appreciate some input. 'Normal' 10cpi reports are fine even though the reports print at 12cpi from FPW. I have several reports which require 'condensed' print but can't seem to find a solution for doing so. I have tried changing printer settings to DIRECT and RAW to bypass Windows fonts but to no avail. I have a table with Esc codes and reference the table but get ignored. HP has PCL codes that work with FPD but they do not work with FPW. Is there a Font command to specify smaller font size which I can hard code in respective reports to achieve the equivelant of DOS condensed ESC codes, 17cpi? We can do it to set up screens but haven't found a way to do it for reports. Please help!

 

[MikeWood]

You really need to convert the reports using the report writer in FPW. The method of using the print command in DOS does not work well in FPW.

Every time I have converted applications from FPD to FPW I have had to completely re-create reports in the report writer.

If you have any specific questions on how to do this let me know.

Mike Wood

 

[tondi]

Thanks Mike,
I was hoping to avoid that. I have 80 various print routines. Maybe I'll use FPW Report Wrighter ONLY for those routines that require compression or maybe I can print those in Landscape mode.
Thanks again,
Tony

 

[DSummZZZ]

You can use the FONT statement:

@ 1, 1 SAY 'Something' FONT 'Courier', 10
(Courier 10 point)
-or-

? 'Something Else' FONT 'Arial', 8 STYLE 'BI'
(Arial 8 point, Bold, Italic)

??? 'Something'
bypasses the printer driver, so you may be able to use that for some raw print commands. I'm not sure.

Dave S.

 

[rbow3711]

This is a reply to Mike Wood. Do the same problems exist using Win 2000? I currently use FPW2.6 fine under Win 98. But when I use Win2000 or XP, I get GPF's on all print jobs. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You