Re: Escape codes in reports (?)

Posted in 1994

Danni Bauer — 26 Aug 1994 18:03:01 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Nimai Malle (Network Services) (nmalle@meddbs.med.miami.edu) wrote: > I tried to put escape codes, directly and using back-slash, in an .ace > file, but couldn't get it to work. > Actual escape codes will be flagged as errors by saceprep! > Backslashes are printed as just that to the printer! ASCII is the Best! Let bold = ASCII 34, ASCII 27, ASCII 123, ASCII 87 PRINT bold, "hello world", etc. (Very useful if the user chooses the printer Before you produce the report. Use IFs to set bold_on, bold_off, etc)