Printing to a file

[wyhteagle]

ok I really didn't know where to place this topic but I really really need an answer


Ok I use a database program called CUS ( an Auction house databasing program) its Xbase code and it doesn't allow me to export a report to a file, it only allows me to print to a printer.

Does anyone know how I can trick it to print to a file, AND NOT GET RAW PRINTER FILES. I think their perview option puts it into PostScript file which doesn't help me at all. I would really hate tricking it to print to a PDF, I hate editing PDFs nothing ever good comes from it.

maybe I can convert the PDF to a word document.

<shrugs>

hopefully someone can help me

thanks guys you've been a big help in the past

[Fenalaar]

I haven't tested this on a PC, but on a Mac I can open the .pdf in Acrobat reader, say Mark all (in the edit menu), copy everything and paste it into a text editor.

If the application/printer driver converts all text to curves, you're shit out of luck when it comes to the PDF...

Another option could be to set up a really basic, text-only printer in Windows - say a daisy wheel of some sort (does it still support dinosaurs like that, by the way?), and make it print to a file. I don't know if this would be very fruitful, though...

Johan-Kr