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From: rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: DBASE refuses to send CHR(0) to printer.
Message-ID: <16436@yunexus.YorkU.CA>
Date: 20 Oct 90 14:59:49 GMT
References: <2292@wn1.sci.kun.nl> <271@sc2a.unige.ch>
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fisher@sc2a.unige.ch (Markus Fischer) writes:
>In article <2292@wn1.sci.kun.nl>, vlsi3@erato.cs.kun.nl (vlsi cursus) writes:
>> SET PRINT ON
>> ?? ....+CHR(0)+..
>> SET PRINT OFF
>One way around this would be to use an external program to send the null
>character, or even better, any control code to the printer.  Example (TC):

If you're really using dB3, you may be stuck with this solution; if
you're using Clipper, however, you can just write a little C routine
which dumps data to the printer and link it in.  No need for a spawn
(or RUN, in dB3-speak) every time you want to initialize the printer.