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VFP mysteriously printing two copies
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Visual FoxPro
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Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00527531
Message ID:
00527773
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Hi

I had this happen and it was a problem with either the printer driver or the network because when we upgraded the network and installed a Win2000 server instead of peer to peer it disappeared.

Simon


>for some strange reason, VFP is printing two copies of everything.
>When I preview, it only shows one copy, but the actual printer output has two copies.
>
>I checked the printer setting (I tried it from different machines, different printers - networked and local printers - same problem).
>
>I even ZAPPED FoxUsers.* - thinking maybe some setting in there is causing the problem.
>
>My search on universal thread produced one inconclusive message saying I should delete the contents of the memo fields: EXPR, TAG and TAG1 from the FRX.
>But I have close to 50 FRXs. I would like to know what could cause the problem and prevent it rather than fix it temporarily this way.
>
>(BTW, all the EXPR fields contain "COPIES= 1")
>
>Whats even strange is that on some machines, the two copies are collated, and on others they are not.
>
>All my FRXs are compiled into my EXE, which I distribute. I recompiled with the "Recompile all files" option, but the problem remains.
>
>thanks
Simon White
dCipher Computing
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