>>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>>I have a printer on a Terminal services client installed in Windows Server 2003. I can print to it thru the regular Windows print command (File menu, then Print).
>>>>>>>However, when I try to set the printer in Foxpro, using SET PRINTER TO NAME //Servername/printername, it hangs for a few seconds and then returns an error msg "Error accessing printer spooler".
>>>>>>>FYI, I already set sharing permissions on the server's Windows/system32/spool directory, and I turned off all client firewalls (remember I can print when using the menu: File/Print command in any programs, including VFP). However, I need to code the printer selection without the user selecting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can anyone help?
>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>Allen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If it prints correctly from VFP itself, then probably you have 'dirty' frx file. Make sure that Tag,Tag2 fields are empty, and Expr field doesn't have printer specific data.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Ed,
>>>>>Good to hear from you again.
>>>>>I'm not printing a report file. I am only trying the command SET PRINTER TO NAME ... in the command window. This will give an error. If I click the File menu, then Print in VFP or any other program, it works.
>>>>>I think it's a setting for Terminal Services that I'm unsure of. I don't know if Terminal Services allows direct access to the print spooler.
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Allen
>>>>
>>>>What if you try: SET PRINTER TO GETPRINTER()
>>>
>>>It works if I select the printer from getprinter().
>>
>>So, just issue ?GetPrinter() from command window, see what's returned and use it in your code.
>
>I did that. Printed the results on screen, and it's exactly what I typed with the SET PRINTER TO NAME command. I also put the results into a variable, and macro substituted to the SET PRINTER command, and it's too errors.

May I ask a stupid question: if you put Set Printer To GetPrinter() in your code, do you get an error?

Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant