How to print report to file in same format as printed output? 2

[Rich196]

Hi,

I am using VFP8 and would like to email a report in the printed format. I can use the ASCII option but it naturally doesn't look like the printed report. It contains some values misaligned and on different lines. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks,
Richard M.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Rich196

Consider sending your report to a PDF document, and e-mail that as a attachment.

Mike Gagnon

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[JRB-Bldr]

Mike's suggestion is one of the easiest, you would use a PDF Printer Driver to make it work. Just set the Windows Default Printer to your PDF File "Printer" and
REPORT FORM (MyReport) TO PRINTER
Or select the printer interactively.

There are a number of PDF Drivers to be found on the web.

Two other alternatives are:
1. Use FRX2Word to create a MS Word DOC file, also to be found on the web.
2. Use an Image Printer Driver to create a graphical image file representation of your Report (similar to the PDF approach). This can be a TIF, JPEG, BMP, etc. image file which can also be FAX'ed if desired.

Good Luck,


JRB-Bldr
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