Controlling a cash drawer

[JudgeTerry]

Is there a way to control a cash draw attached to a printer? The Printer docs say that a control-G (bell) should open the door. Any ideas would be welcome.

Terry

[JudgeTerry]

I was using the wrong code for the Epson printer:

while processing the event VPE_PRINT_DEVDATA, send:
VpeDevSendData(hDoc,chr(27)+chr(112)+chr(0)+chr(25)+chr(250),5)

This opens the cash drawer!

Terry

[cdid2]

is work with active x control? I try VpeCtrl.DevSendData(chr(27)+chr(112)+chr(0)+chr(25)+chr(250),5) with no success

thanks

[IDEAL Software Support]

After reading your message, we analyzed the code of the ActiveX, and we believe it did have a bug. If you are using VPE v6.0, we can provide you the bugfix. Please contact our support by e-mail.

[dive26]

I have the 6.10 enhanced.
Do oyu have fixed this bug?

I try Report.DevSendData(Chr(27) + Chr(112) + Chr(0) + Chr(25) + Chr(250)), but nothing.

[IDEAL Software Support]

The bug in the ActiveX had been fixed in v6.10.

If it does not work for you, this might have many different reasons:
The printer driver might not support it, the driver might have a bug, or it does only work if the printer driver is accessed in a specific text mode, which is not supported when printing via GDI in graphics mode (as VPE does).

Another option is that you are calling DevSendData() at the wrong place in your code.
You may only call this function while processing the event DoPrintDevData().

[dive26]

Thank you.

I have found an other way to open the cash drawer (with "winspool.drv").
I wrote my own Function OpenCashDrawer("EPSON TM-T88V")