Dear Bernie,
Further to what Ben suggested I think this idea was one I stole from
Bill Downall (so many ideas, so little time to document their originators)
SET VAR vComSpec = (ENVVAL('COMSPEC'))
SET VAR vCmd TEXT = +
('ZIP' & .vComSpec & '/C c:\rbti\rbdos65\rbase65.exe invoice.mac')
At 20:52 14/05/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Because of my frustration with getting a windows report footer to print
>at bottom of page, I resorted to a little trickery which does not seem
>to work but it seems that it should. Can anyone shed any light on this:
>
>Load windows and do order entry using windows but to print the report
>(which prints very nicely in dos) I did this:
>zip command /c c:\rbti\rbdos65\rbase65.exe invoice.mac
>It seems to zip out and return but nothing prints.
>The invoice.mac macro connects the database, reads the order and prints
>the report. even putting a PAUSE 2 USING .ORDERNO doesn't pause.
>I am running this on an NT 4.0 (sp5) workstation w/ 128 MB ram.
>
>Bernie Lis
>Megabytes, Inc.
>
Warmest regards,
Tom Grimshaw
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