RE: Printing Ascii Characters in 4gl program

You will need to locate the manual for the printer in question to identify the actual escape sequences required then produce code similar to the following :- define P_landscape char(5), P_italicon char(5), P_italicoff char(5), P_courier char(5), P_12cpi char(6) end . . let P_italicon = ASCII 027,ASCII 040,ASCII 115,ASCII 049,ASCII 083 let P_italicoff = ASCII 027,ASCII 040,ASCII 115,ASCII 048,ASCII 083 let P_landscape = ASCII 027,ASCII 038,ASCII 108,ASCII 049,ASCII 079 let P_12cpi = ASCII 027,ASCII 040,ASCII 115,ASCII 049,ASCII 050,ASCII 072 let P_courier = ASCII 027,ASCII 040,ASCII 115,ASCII 050,ASCII 084 . . print P_courier print P_landscape print P_12cpi etc... Regards Glyn Balmer -----Original Message----- From: Hortencia Ake [mailto:hake@btl.net] Sent: 15 November 2000 21:42 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Printing Ascii Characters in 4gl program hi guys anybody can help me with a situation here i need to print some ascii characters on a 4gl program to change the font of a sentence. the font is bank gothic and rage italic. if anybody knows what are the ascii characters for the fonts and what is the correct way to write it in a 4gl program thanks for the assistance ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/