>>>>>Page no. is printed at the bottom of a report.  Before generation of >>>report, >>>>>I wan't to specify 'From Page no.' to ' To Page no' and the Frx must >>>print >>>>>only the specified page no. >>>>> >>>>>The problem occurs during Power failure.  The Customer has printed say >>>some >>>>>20 pages and there is a Power failure or Printer problem.  Now, he >would >>>>>like to print the same report starting from 21st page.  How can this >be >>>>>achived ? >>>>> >>>>>Thankx >>>> >>>>with some printers, report to printer prompt gives the option of >starting >>>at a specific page. if your client's printer doesn't, just print the >first >>>20 pages again. >>> >>> >>>Your answer is not practical. Actually one of the report is 500 pages. >>>Say if there is problem after 300 pages, then they cannot start again >from >>>the begining. Please think and help me out. >>> >>>Bye >>> >>> >>> >>This has been a perrenial problem, not simply with Foxpro, but any report >>generated by data. >> >>A lot of this depends on the kind of information in the report, whether >its >>basically row bound data or more like a document. If its row bound then >>there should be some criteria you can use to restart the report at a >>reasonable place. After all if the report is based upon volatile data >then >>the pagination may change from run to run. >> >>So, if you can allow them to print the data based on whatever grouping >the >>report has they can judge themselves where to report from and to. I >accept >>that this may make for a bitty report but in terms of page numbering you >>could print the page number as _PAGENO+offset, where they can specify the >>offset. >> >>On the other hand if the report is 500 pages long you might think about >>generating it in a slightly different way. Database/Report engines are >not >>at their best when handling documents. Word Processors are much better >at >>handling documents. >> >>So, if your report is more like a document consider exporting the data or >>using DDE with Foxpro as the server (my preference) into a Word or >similar >>word processor. They can then print the report at any page they desire >>with as much control over copies as they desire. >> >>Best regards >> >> >>Simon >> >> >>========================================================== >>Objective Software http://www.dev-com.com/~objective >>(44)(0)1299-823321 Tel Mobile: 44-(0)976-361760 >>(44)(0)1299-879047 Fax >>16 New Street >>Stourport on Severn >>Worcestershire >>England >>DY13 8UW >>Simon P. Lucy >>Support queries http://www.dev-com.com/~objective/support.html > >Before Report writer was introduced one could use _pbpage to suppress the >unwanted pages. But, once Report Writer is used we have no control over >Starting page no. It think, there is some solution. Meanwhile my report >is a type of document where there is no grouping or control over the rows. > > > So none of the data is sorted in any way? Simon ========================================================== Objective Software http://www.dev-com.com/~objective (44)(0)1299-823321 Tel Mobile: 44-(0)976-361760 (44)(0)1299-879047 Fax 16 New Street Stourport on Severn Worcestershire England DY13 8UW Simon P. Lucy Support queries http://www.dev-com.com/~objective/support.html