One way to do that is to use the Windows ShellExecute API call. This
essentially does the same thing as right-clicking an XLS file in Windows
Explorer and picking Print. I don't know what the dBase syntax is for
making API calls (or if it's supported at all) but this is how it could be
done from another app that supports VB like Word:

Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Sub LaunchXLS()
ShellExecute 0, "Print", "c:\book1.xls", "", "C:\", 0
End Sub


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Jim Rech
Excel MVP