Re: Controlling printers within Forms

Thanks Rick,

My only concern here is that I need to run these tickets frequently (many times per minute) and I am accessing a remote database. My hope is to find a low-overhead way to get the data and a few control strings to a printer.

Can I still do this with the report tool?

rickfor_at_scsn.net wrote in article <32c42e96.6274155_at_news.scsn.net>...
> I would do it with Oracle reports.
>
> You can start a report from within Forms
> by calling RUN_PRODUCT.
>
> The report can be laid out using Report Designer.
>
> You can make the report read your database for the data,
> and print it out along with graphics of all kinds.
>
>
> On 27 Dec 1996 19:21:17 GMT, "Michael Burnham"
> <mburnham_at_globaldialog.com> wrote:
>
> >I am developing an application requiring the need to print tickets on an
> >impact printer. The data is gathered and committed in Forms 4.5. I
 need
> >to direct output of the data and control characters to the printer from
> >within Forms.
> >
> >Can anyone please advise on how to best do this? What is the best way
 to
> >send data directly to the printer from within Forms?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for your advice.
> >
>
>
Received on Sat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00:00 CET