DOS printing from FP menu

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting John Esak (Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:45:55 -0400):
[...]
> 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.

This works just fine on my XP box.  Perhaps it's specific to 2003?

    SYSTEM "print /? & pause"

I get the print command usage message followed by "press any key to
continue".

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