Opening Cash Drawer from report

I understand CR doesn't permit embedded esc codes in the report (in this case for opening a cash drawer). How do I open a cash drawer from a report? Thanks.

Hi Carl: when the knowledgebase article refers to "printer escape codes", I believe they are referring to the printer control codes such as [you find here|http://printers.necsam.com/public/printers/pclcodes/pcl5hp.htm]. Opening another device (LPT2, say) from within the report and sending commands directly to that device via escape sequences/control codes (in this case a cash register on LPT2: telling the port to "honey, open the goddamned door") seems to be precluded. This is, I believe, the gist of the knowledgebase quote. And this is unhappy-making. I have the control codes for the device, but just can't seem to open the device and pass them to it from within the report. And some snippets of BASIC code I've found elsewhere, which claim to control for this, don't seem to work anyway when added to the report.
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