From: alamode@nospam.telus.net   
      
   Hi guys,   
   been a while since I've been on the group, glad to see some regulars are   
   still around!   
      
   I've got an app that outputs a scale model plan to a printer, printing to a   
   lettersize or a4 sheet of paper. The output is exactly to scale, and if cut   
   and assembled will produce a miniature version of the drawn object.   
      
   The program is very stable and I rarely get support calls from my users,   
   however I DO get a lot of folks who've downloaded the trial and want to know   
   if it can output to some kind of automated cutter or slitter. The usual   
   question is can the drawing be imported into Coreldraw! which apparently has   
   a driver for this guy's profile cutter. I think most of the cutters can be   
   driven by Corel.   
      
   Any thoughts on how to get my output, which is all pure vb and printer   
   object (no prob switching over to API for routines, onscreen 3d model   
   already coded w/API) into (ideally) a corel-importable form? Would the first   
   step be to draw a metafile on a dc? Anyone know of any good code for that?   
      
   I've asked this question before in various forms, but not in a long while -   
   today I got someone from eastern Europe who asked if the drawing could   
   interface with "printing out instruction for the slitter printer operator   
   from DB , Excel etc"   
      
   Not sure how a DB or excel could drive a slitter directly, but it occurred   
   to me that maybe excel or access could export something that could? I think   
   I can write from my app to access or excel without too much trouble.   
      
   Anyway, appreciate any tips, ideas, pitfalls, snippets or strategies.   
      
   all the best,   
   Larry   
      
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