PRB: Unable to Print a Box from Microsoft FoxPro

• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5a

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to print a box from FoxPro for MS-DOS, other ASCII graphics characters appear where the lines of the box should be.

CAUSE

The printer is set up to print ASCII characters instead of their graphic representations.

RESOLUTION

The following are two methods for working around this problem:

• Change your printer to print in a font that supports the IBM graphics character set.

  -or-

• Modify the P_CODES.DBF database as follows:

  WARNING: Modifications to the P_CODES database and to GENPD.APP are not supported.

  1. From the File menu, choose Open.

  2. For Type, select Project, and then select the

        GOODIES\PDRIVERS\GENPD.PJX project.
  

  3. Scroll down to select the P_CODES database.

  4. Choose Edit. The Browse window appears.

  5. Use the TAB key to move to the P_SETUP field. Replace the contents

        of the field with the following ("<-" introduces an escape code)
  

           <-E<-(10U
  
        where "(10U" is a left parenthesis, the number ten, and a capital
        "U".
  
        NOTE: This escape code does not work with dot-matrix printers; if you
        are using a dot-matrix printer, refer to the printer manual for the
        correct escape code to use.
  
    6. From the Project menu, choose Build. Then choose both Build
       Application and Rebuild All.
  
     7. Change the contents of the Directory field to point to your FoxPro
        directory, and then choose Save.
  
  

   REPLACE P_SETUP WITH CHR(27)+"E"+CHR(27)+"(10U"