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VFP6-SP3 + NT = Error loading printer driver
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31/01/2000 16:06:53
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00320338
Message ID:
00325280
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Sorry, I don't know anything more about it myself, I just remembered seeing the post. If you happen to be using long printer names, I guess the obvious thing to try would be to change their names to 8 characters or less, and see if that fixes the problem.

>Thanks for the information! Is there any other documentation on this, or workarounds? There is nothing I could
>find in the MSDN Knowledge Base..
>
>>Are you using long printer names? See message #314900.
>>
>>>We've been using VFP SP3 with NT & Citrix for quite a while now, and you're not alone. We constantly receive
>>>Error Loading Printer Driver, we finally had to resolve it by putting the SET PRINTER .. commands in a loop and
>>>if it can't set it after 20 or so times, then error out. It's ugly, but MS/Citrix/FoxGroup no-one seem to be able
>>>to fix it up.
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>>Many times i have the error in subject when i try to print under NT + VFP6 with Service Pack 3. Infact With VFP6 w/o SP3 i had'nt the problem!
>>>>
>>>>Anyone have the same problem ? Solutions ?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>PS: Sorry for bad English.
Regards. Al

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