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User ability to designate a report-specific printer
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From
16/01/2013 11:38:02
 
 
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16/01/2013 11:30:04
Stan Vaninger
Mitek Industries, Inc
Missouri, United States
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 7
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01562970
Message ID:
01562982
Views:
102
This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
>I need the ability of the user to specify that a particular report will always be
>sent to a certain printer without the user having to select it every time the
>report is printed.

Create a form that links reports to printers. Before you run each report, access that table and set it to the indicated printer. Use the APRINTERS() function to make sure the printer they've setup on that form still exists in context on the local user's machine.

>For example, all invoices will be sent to a pre-selected printer disregarding
>any default printer settings at the workstation where the report was printed.

Yup. That'll do it.
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