Hi Yuri,

Thanks for your follow-up. The reason is that I have a cmdButton on the form that the user clicks on to initiate the code that processes the data, creates the CURSOR and then prints the report. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Chuck

>Chuck,
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>I am just curious, why do not you accept keyboard '{CTRL-P}' from my previous post.
>It does exactly what you askimg for: "is there a way to do this other than with PRINTER PROMPT"
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>previous messages below
>>>Is there a Fox command for bringing up a print dialog that allows the user to select number of copies?
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>>>I've tried SYS(1037)and GetPrinter. SYS(1037) offers more than GetPrinter, but neither offer number of copies.
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>>>TIA,
>>>Chuck
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>>The dialogue I get from the command below gives me a # of copies option:
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>>report form myreport to printer prompt
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>>The printer is an HP Laser 5.
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>Thanks Mark. Actually, in my post, I should've asked is there a way to do this other than with PRINTER PROMPT.
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>What I'm trying to accomplish is to have the user tell me which printer he intends to use before I go to REPORT FORM so that I can get a total page count and express "Page x of y" when the report prints. Here's my coding example at present (which isn't offering a number of copies option):
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>* Print Report
>SELECT curHatFiRep && CURSOR containing records to report
>PUBLIC mTotalPages && Page Count mvar
>STORE 1 TO mTotalPages && Initial value to eliminate error with REPORT FORM.
>* PRINTER PROMPT with =SYS(1037)...
>* Otherwise, you may have an issue with the printable area
>* being different between the default printer and the one
>* chosen by the user. Potentially, this could mean that the
>* "TO FILE" report would have a slightly different page count
>* than the "TO PRINTER" report because the number of lines
>* that can fit on the page may be slightly different.
>=SYS(1037)
>REPORT FORM HatFiRep TO FILE TempRept.prn NOCONSOLE
>DELETE FILE TempRept.prn
>STORE _PageNo TO mTotalPages && Actual value.
>REPORT FORM HatFiRep TO PRINTER NOCONSOLE
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>I hate to bring up the printer dialog again by adding TO PRINTER PROMPT in the REPORT FORM statement. At best, it's a hassle for the user to have to experience 2 printer dialog boxes at report time. At worst, it looks like I'm not a clean programmer and it may mess up the page count on the report.
>Chuck W Henry, MCP