Re: Using printer files in charcater mode reports for NT

From: Kenny Gump <kgump_at_mylanlabs.com.nospam>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 07:37:55 -0400
Message-ID: <3778b033.0_at_news.mountain.net>


[Quoted] Instead of printing the file have you tried

copy myfile.prt :lpt1

Just a suggestion.

Kenny Gump

Gerd Franz wrote in message <37786B0B.9472CD1A_at_ada.de>...
>Hallo,
>we have written a character mode report using a printer file (dflt.prt)
>to give the printer an escape sequence.
>For windows 95 everything works fine. Using windows NT the escape
>sequence is printed out ("^t2") instead of switching into the prefered
>mode..
>Does anyone has an idea how we can solve it ?
>
>Oracle has told us that this is an Microsoft bug and there is no known
>workaround.
>
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Gerd Franz
>
Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 13:37:55 CEST

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