>My clients have several printers, one of which is a Lexmark Optra S 1855 printer. Whenever they are in my vfp5.0a app, and try to print a report (only thing my app prints) to the Lexmark Optra S 1855 printer, they get the "Print to File" window. From other apps (Word, Excell, etc) to that printer it prints fine. From my vfp5.0a app to any other printer (HP 5si) it prints fine. Nowhere in my app do I print to file.
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>The Optra printer port does not say "FILE:". Have had my client view the port setting as the "Print to File" window was displayed, and it has a valid network path to the printer.
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>m_print = 'noconsole to printer prompt '
>REPORT FORM rpt004a.frx &m_print
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>Any Ideas?
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>Brenda
You've been at the client's site as the problem occurs, and looked at the Optra's properties (in Start/Settings/Printer), and it wasn't set with FILE: as the port to print to? That seems to me the only thing which could cause this. Unless somehow the print to file option is stored in your frx, but then it seems that it would happen for all printers when using that report form.
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