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> Just a question...
>
>> Marc
>
>Marc,
>
>It is a new report I developed in VFP5. The users have their own blank order forms that they will insert
into the printer. My report actually has only the data that will fit into their forms.
>
>Rick
> Rick,
> IC, but reports also carry printer settings, in fact the report designer saves >the printer settings at the
> moment that you save the report.
> Now if you change the settings of your printer of your development machine, >like setting it in lanscape,
> open the report and save the report, the compiled version of the new report >contains the landscape
> setting.
> ... but you still have somehow to bring the new version to your clients PC.
> BTW, I assume you develop your reports on a separate machine that has the same >printer (or at least
> the same printer drivers set as default) as the one that is used by your user.
> Another assumption might be that you change the report _on_ the user's >machine. Then if the report is
> part of a project that needs to be rebuilt, odds are that users are still >working on the old version that is
> contained in the report ... if you did not rebuild the project.
> There a very easy way to find out that you have an update version problem. >Change something visual
> on the report and see if you can see the changes. If you can ... then pray >some else has the answer to
> your plight :)
> Kind regards,
> Marc
Marc,
I can change everything on the report and still can see them after the report is saved, except for the printer settings....
Anyway, thanks a bunch for your help. I will try some other ways to do it then.
Rick
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