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24/08/2000 03:27:41
 
 
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22/08/2000 17:04:05
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00408001
Message ID:
00408641
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17
Try using a printer driver from the Windows CD.

Dave

>I seem to have a disproportionate amount of trouble printing from FoxPro apps. My current problem is that I have a fairly simple app that basically prints an invoice. It gathers data from several tables, validates data, lots of other internal stuff but the user doesn’t really care, just wants it to print an invoice.
>
>I’ve got an entry form that accepts the ID number. The data is gathered and sent to a printer with:
>
REPORT FORM reports\rptCOS.frx ;
>   NOEJECT NOCONSOLE TO PRINTER PROMPT
>The first report goes to the printer but spools for about 2 minutes. The same thing happens on other systems on the same network hub. (Of course none of this happens from my system using a different hub.) I hop onto a couple of other systems on this (my) hub and one works fine, one gives me a “Page Header band is to large to fit on page.” error and the other prints to a local printer even though I pick a different one at the PROMPT.
>
>I changed REPORT ... PROMPT to SET PRINTER TO NAME \\MONTANA\QSV-HP4. At that point it fixes the problem with printing to the local printer but it still spools for an excessive amount of time. HELP!!!
>
>Thanks!
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