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From
10/04/2007 23:09:55
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Title:
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01214125
Message ID:
01214269
Views:
16
>>I am using the print dialog when printing VFP reports (report form... to printer PROMPT). I find it very easy to use (basic functionality included without additional programming, like page range, and printer selection), but now I have a problem.
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>>Accounting asks me to print only one "original" of a certain report; additional copies must be marked as "copy". Now, when using the printer dialog, if the user cancels, the record is still marked as "copy". Is there a way to figure out whether the user has pressed "Cancel"?
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>>I know that there are additional problems; for instance, the printer may have been off, and the user deletes the print job from the queue. How are these situations commonly handled? Should I just ask the user whether printing was successful?
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Hilmar.
>
>Can you play with your own idea from Re: Copie Number Thread #1088757 Message #1088906 ?
>
>You may also review Count copies Thread #738787

I think this situation is different: My message was for printing two different copies at the same time. What I want now is, when the report is printed again (perhaps after several days), it should be marked clearly that it is not the first print. I think Sergey put me on the correct track.
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