Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!uta!kielo!av From: av@kielo.uta.fi (Arto V. Viitanen) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: DBASE refuses to send CHR(0) to printer. Message-ID: Date: 16 Oct 90 06:29:33 GMT References: <2292@wn1.sci.kun.nl> Sender: news@uta.fi Reply-To: av@uta.fi (Arto Viitanen) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Tampere, Finland Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: uta.fi In-reply-to: vlsi3@erato.cs.kun.nl's message of 15 Oct 90 14:14:37 GMT >>>>> On 15 Oct 90 14:14:37 GMT, vlsi3@erato.cs.kun.nl (vlsi cursus) said: vlsi> Hi readers, vlsi> I'm writing a small database program using Dbase, which uses the printer. vlsi> Therefore I need to send the null character, because it is part of a vlsi> printer control code. It is used in the following context: vlsi> SET PRINT ON vlsi> ?? ....+CHR(0)+.. vlsi> | vlsi> SET PRINT OFF I am not sure about your printer, but at least those I know can use 48 (ASCII code for 0) as 0 just because some programs don't know how to send code 0. If you are sending graphics, this does not help ... -- Arto V. Viitanen email: av@kielo.uta.fi University Of Tampere, av@ohdake.cs.uta.fi Finland