>>> Are there any special rules for printing Container$$ ?
>>> The following does not work. The output is about 10 illegible characters
>>> when it should be half page of text.
>>> 
>>> gFieldContainer$$ = EDIT$(_EFDeltaDetail)
>>> ROUTE _toPrinter
>>> SETRECT (gMyRect,L,T,R,B)
>>> DEF LBOX (gMyRect, gFieldContainer$$)
>>> CLEAR LPRINT
>>> Thanks
>>> Barrie
>>> 
>> Barrie,
>> 
>> The manual doesn't indicate support for putting anything but strings into
>> LBOX. Why not use a regular edit field, which will take your container$$
>> easily?
> I tried an edit field and that didn't work either.
> Barrie 

My text is in an edit field and it would be convenient to send that edit
field to the printer. However the only example I found in the manual covered
printing an edit field from an appearance app. I tried variations of this
example and it didn't work.
Barrie