keithchansc
Programmer
I got Syntax error when sending string containing character '{' to printer directly using '???'. Sending '{}' together is OK, but the '{' is lost. What happen?
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Syntax error in using ??? 2
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Mike Lewis
Programmer
Keith,
Looks like it's confusing this with some sort of delimiter. Try sending CHR(123) instead.
Mike
Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland
My Visual Foxpro web site: My Crystal Reports web site:
Looks like it's confusing this with some sort of delimiter. Try sending CHR(123) instead.
Mike
Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland
My Visual Foxpro web site: My Crystal Reports web site:
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keithchansc
Programmer
Mike,
I tried but still the same result.
Keith
HongKong
I tried but still the same result.
Keith
HongKong
Interesting. I couldn't get any of the following to work:
You may have to replace it with a bitmap or substitue it with a character from a bogus font.
-Dave Summers-
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Code:
??? "{"
??? '{'
??? [{]
??? "\{"
??? '\{'
??? [\{]
??? "'" + Chr(123) + "'"
??? "'\" + Chr(123) + "'"You may have to replace it with a bitmap or substitue it with a character from a bogus font.
-Dave Summers-
Even more Fox stuff at:
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Consider using the RawPrint class library, available on the UT at You can send "anything" to the printer directly with it. We use it to write to receipt printers.
Rick
Rick
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keithchansc
Programmer
Rick,
It works great, Thanks with a star for you.
Keith
It works great, Thanks with a star for you.
Keith
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