Printing Report Form To File 2

[Stagmotor]

I want to print Visual Foxpro Report form to a Text file so that I can fax it out.
I tried the following:

Set alternate on
do report test to file c:\test.txt

It does not work, why?

 

[rgbean]

You probably want to use:
REPORT FORM test TO FILE c:\test.txt ASCII

Rick

 

[dgrewe]

I use the Report form xxx to file xxx.txt ascii also but I find it strange that your fax program does not have a print driver that alows you to print directly from any program into the format the fax program requires to sent this image file out. All I do with my ZetaFax progarm is

Set printer to ("zetafax printer&quot
report form xxxx to print
set printer to ("HP6 Lazer Jet&quot
Fax printer driver program then appears and you can fax directly to one or 5000 people right from inside foxpro.

Just a thought. David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644

 

[slink9]

When you get it to send out to file you can also email from within VFP if you use Outlook. That is a nice function to add.

 

[jonscott8]

Dave,

I find it strange that your fax program does not have a print driver

He may be faxing it the old fashioned way.....manually thru a fax machine.

Stagmotor,

Just as a head's up...if after printing the report to file, you notice some of the columns are truncated, take a look at the _AsciiCols system variable. You will need to increase its value. Jon Hawkins
jonscott8@yahoo.com

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