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From: fredb@llama.rtech.UUCP (Fred Buechler)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBASE III Plus and LABELS
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Date: 20 Jul 89 18:06:47 GMT
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In article <2994@uwovax.uwo.ca> BORIS@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
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>
>Using dBASE III Plus, I have written a menu driven application.  One of the
>options is to produce mailing labels.  
>
>Although the label forms provided did not fit in one of the provided options
>using CREATE/MODIFY LABEL, I was able to make an appropriate *.lbl file.
>
>When the labels are printed using the following command
>        LABEL FORM firm TO PRINT  (where firm = firm.lbl)
>the labels are printed.  However, each of the labels also scrolls across the
>screen.   I was unable to find a way to stop this screen scrolling.
>
>Has anybody successfully stopped the screen output in this situation???
>

Use the command "SET CONSOLE OFF" in your program before the LABEL command.
Be sure to turn the console back on after labels are printed. Note that the
console off trick does not work interactively.

Have fun!

-- Fred.