Re: How can I printing non-printable chars in 4GL?

In article <01bdfd21$cc0a0a00$6c01a8c0@scooper>, Steven L Cooper <scooper@thecompounders.com> writes >David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> wrote in article ><ylpp1LAXOPL2EwNl@smooth1.demon.co.uk>... >... >> >> Nope we have the same problem with Oki printers. Use another printer!! >> >> David Williams >... >David, > >Please explain: Do you have problems with the Okidata printers that >support barcode "fonts" or just Okidata's in general? We are planning to >buy Okidata 520 printers (The 320s don't have barcode fonts) to push most >of the work down to the printer. I believe I can send two or three ESC >sequences and the "data" to get my barcode. > ALl I know is that a collegue is having trouble printing barcodes using a 'generic' method which is driven by tables in the database. We cannot stored escape sequences since then contain '\\0' characters. >It is not the "printer" that I have problems with...it can print graphics >if I send the bytes to it. My problem is with the 4GL handling of strings. > Because 4GL will not let me "print" an array of bytes (cuz it just might >be a blob!). I know 4GL is not C, but this limitation forces "external" >code, which is always harder to maintain or fix... > >Steve > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care