Thanks! i check it out but i think i found a solution and it was as i suspected with a little wrinkle thrown in that makes it easier. 1st - create a text file the with the SHELL command you can open wordpad with a /p and the file name and wordpad will open the file and send it to the default windows printer. i haven't developed the code yet so wish me luck.
Thanks for you help. paul
OPEN "O",1,"PRINT.TMP" PRINT #1, "Just testing the code." CLOSE 1 SHELL "C:\PATH\WORDPAD.EXE"
