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How to close Report Preview?
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07/06/2018 10:49:01
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
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01660616
Message ID:
01660631
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>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>(This thread is a change to the Form Created with Define Window thread). I found that Define Window is not a problem.
>>>>
>>>>The problem occurs when the program shows a report in Preview Mode, I need to find it (this preview window) and close it; programatically. As if the user actually clicked on the Exit icon of the Report Preview toolbar.
>>>>
>>>>Is this possible? How?
>>>>
>>>>TIA.
>>>
>>>This is a simple code of previewing a report:
>>>
>>>
>>>REPORT FORM TestReport TO PRINTER PROMPT PREVIEW NAME RepName NOWAIT 
>>>
>>>MESSAGEBOX("This message indicates that the report is being previewed; it is still open")
>>>
>>>*-- !!! Big question. How would you close the report preview here PROGRAMATICALLY?   
>>>
>>
>>Hi, Dmitry
>>
>>
>>RELEASE WINDOWS "Report Designer"
>>
>>
>>will release your preview window, but it must not be in modal state. That is, the NOWAIT is required (unless you turn into the 9.0 report engine - but I assume you don't want to do that).
>
>Hi Antonio,
>
>Is your "Report Designer" a typo? (since I named the report preview RepName). And even if I use the code
>
>RELEASE WINDOWS "RepName" 
>or 
>RELEASE WINDOWS RepName
>
>
>and I used NOWAIT, as you suggested. But the report preview still stays on the screen. I would like it to close.
>What am I not understanding?
>
>Thank you.

No, Dmitry, not a typo. It's the preview window's system name.
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António Tavares Lopes
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