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The LA Fox Developer Newsletter
August 1998
FoxPro Q&A
How can I send a graphics-based report created in FoxPro for Windows to a text file?

To print a report to a text file in FoxPro for Windows, use the Windows printer setup application in the Control Panel. To install the Windows Generic/Text Only printer driver, follow the steps below:

1.
Run the Windows Control Panel.
2.
Double-click the Printers icon.
3.
Click the Add button.
4.
Under List of Printers, select the Generic/Text Only printer
driver and click the Install button. This places the Generic/Text
Only printer driver under the list of Installed Printers.
5.
Under Installed Printers, select the Generic/Text Only printer
driver, click the Connect button, select FILE in the Ports list
box, and then click the OK button.
6.
Select the Generic/Text Only printer driver, click the Set As
Default Printer button, and then click the Close button.

Before printing your report, turn off any bold or italic fonts. Issue the REPORT FORM <Reportflle> TO <Textfile> command, where <reportfile> is the name of the .FRX file and <Texthle> is the name of your output text file.

What should I do to play a sound or a beep in VFP?
You can play a simple beep by printing the Bell characte

CHR(7).
?CHR(7)

If you have a sound card (to play .wav files), then do the following:

SET BELL TO <wavfllename>, I
?CHR(7)

The appropriate .wav file is played.

You can also use the API function MessageBeep. The MessageBeep function plays a waveform sound. However, you need a sound card for this.

DECLARE Integer MessageBeep In W1n32API Integer
=MessageBeep(1 6)
=MessageBeep(32)
=MessageBeep(48)
=MessageBeep(64)
=MessageBeep(256)

All these result in different system sounds.

How can I delete multiple files at one time from a FoxPro directory?

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