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From: jim@ic2020.UUCP (Jim Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBase/FoxBase question
Message-ID: <225@ic2020.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 89 20:34:24 GMT
References: <914@lakesys.UUCP>
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in article <914@lakesys.UUCP>, marc@lakesys.UUCP (Marc Rassbach) says:
> Posted: Mon Jul 31 09:25:14 1989
> 
> How does one detect the keypress of a control character in dBase.
> (Actual enviro is FoxBase under SCO)
> Using the WAIT ' ' TO <var_name> yeilds  0's for all control
> characters.
> -- 
> Marc Rassbach     marc@lakesys	              If you take my advice, that
> "I can't C with my AI closed"                 is your problem, not mine!
>               If it was said on UseNet, it must be true.

How about using INKEY() instead of "Wait ' ' to ..." ??
It says in the manual that INKEY() will pick up non-printable characters
as well as the other normal characters.  

Here is another question :
FoxBase under SCO/386, How do you send output to a printer and not to the
screen.  For example, if you are producing a report via the 
"report ... to print" command, you have to wait and see all the same output
on the screen.  Rather iritating and I am sure much slower.  

Have any Ideas ??
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