DOS printing from FP menu

[John Esak]

> > I don't know what its current status is, but I have avoided it for
> > years. I generally do the COPY method as you were shown, although I
> > usually add a "/b" flag, for "binary", to make sure my 8-bit data goes
> > through.
>
> Well, on XP (and I presume the rest of the NT series, including 2K and
> 2K3) it's a 32-bit console app.  It probably doesn't do much more than
> a "copy /b" does.

You guys have given some great advice... I never knew about copy \b filename
\\servername\printer  that's pretty useful. (Wonder how this "queues" with
other jobs?)  Anyway, nobody has answered Jim's direct question yet. We've
been talking about it in the FP Room and still no light has been shed. The
command "print blah blah" works from a command line... but it does NOT work
if it is the action line of a menu. Why is this?

I believe Jim has tried putting it in a batch file, etc. No joy. Even
putting it in a filePro SYSTEM command doesn't work... yet the very same
EXACT command works from the DOS command line. So ignoring the "other" ways
of doing it, which did fix his problem... he (and I) would still like to
know why this is happening.

John