>>>>>>I need to display reports in a preview window in the runtime version of VFP 5.0 and am aware that the view menu needs to be available, however, due to the nature of the programme we have written, all menus are disabled and only buttons are visible to the end user (our clients have generally little knowledge of using computers and we ned the GUI to be very simple).
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>>>>>>Can anyone suggest how I may preview the reports in a window given the above restictions..?
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>>>>>>Thanking you in advance
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>>>>>>Brendan
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>>>>>I don't believe that the View menu is required for a preview. The only reason it may be needed is to restore the Preview toolbar if the user closes it. However, I think that there may be a workaround for that.
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>>>>George, I haven't checked this, but doesn't the toolbar automatically reappear the next time you open a Preview?
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>>>>Barbara
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>>>Barbara,
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>>>Yeah, I think you're right. I think I was confusing this with how VFP works in design mode. You know, close the standard tool bar, and the next time you start, it's not there.
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>>>BTW, you ever get that printer problem worked out?
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>I was about to post the following when I read this thread :
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>" Anyone knows how to make a working report preview? I have an option button for screen output of my report, using 'repo form preview' my program works in the main foxpro screen. But when using it in the compiled executable (have a main window with form.Desktop = .T., and mymenu in it, and the printing form is called from there, printingForm.Desktop = .F.) in the desktop it does not work. Also tried 'preview window '. Any hints?? "
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>Sooo..... I must be doing something wrong. Any idea of what it might be?
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This is a "feature" (ok, bug) in VFP 5.0 with a preview window not working properly if the main FoxPro window is hidden. If I recall correctly, this will be fixed in 6.0.

Sorry,

George

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