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VFP6 Report Dies at Print Time
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13/03/2000 09:37:34
Rich Lieblich
Infosys Technologies, Inc.
Fanwood, New Jersey, United States
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00344960
Message ID:
00345152
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Hi Rich
Could this be a multiuser problem where tables are accessed during the report?
I now it should not happen but I did experience a similar problem with far less printout when another user accessed a table involved in the report.

>A few months ago, I posted a note about a VFP6 report I created that caused the NT4 workstation
>it runs on to hang, requiring a cold reboot. The visual indication shows the print page counter dialog
>box stopping, and then the workstation just freezes. This report is a 1,400 page daily report that is critical
>to my end users. It is run from a small .PRG (that is, NOT an .exe), contains a small (less than 5K) .gif
>of our corporate logo, and creates a print data stream of about 18 Mb. There is nothing really tricky here-
>just a simple REPORT FORM... TO PRINT, a few .DBFs on an NT Server, and a few relations set. I
>suspected a hardware issue, and did the following:
>
>1. had the w/s RAM increased from 64 mb to 128 mb.
>2. increased the HP LaserJet 8100N's RAM from 16 mb to 48 mb.
>3. broke up the REPORT using the RANGE option (i.e., pages 1-250, then 251-500, 501-750, etc)
>
>Does anyone have any other suggestions, or experience with a large VFP report such as this? Is this just
>a "the VFP report writer is lousy; go with Crystal Reports...." matter??
>
>Thanks.... Rich Lieblich
Birger G. Thoresen

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