Report on pre-printed paper

[newtofoxpro]

This is FPW code

PosFromTop = 3
PosFromLeft = 2
SpaceBetweenCharactor = 2.5
WhatToPrint = "MY NAME IS JOHN"
@ PosFromTop,PosFromLeft say SUBSTR(WhatToPrint,1,1) size 1,SpaceBetweenCharactor
FOR mCnt=2 TO LEN(WhatToPrint)
@ $,$ say SUBSTR(WhatToPrint,mCnt,1) size 1,SpaceBetweenCharactor
ENDFOR
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WhatToPrint is string I have to print via report. With Custom-define location. Not tried but learn that I will have to alter FRX and change vpos & hpos.
My pre-printed paper has small-boxes where I have to write each character in the box. For Example... 1st box <M>, 2nd box <Y> and so on. Fortunately each box width is equal.

Best Regards.

 

[Olaf Doschke]

FRX reports are not well suited for this case.

I would perhaps add a scan picture of the form as background image (set to not printing via printwhen = .F. or let it depend on SYS(2040)=1 and put report controls where the form has it's "boxes".

@SAY may have advantages here, but only if the printer itself can be addressed by this kind of positioning. You rather would use generic/text printer and print text only with LFs and or CRs and spaces with ???.

Bye, Olaf.