> Well, this is not so much Reports as it is Reports being Printed....
> A couple of users of my VFP6 software have reported problems with certain
> features of their print driver that appear to be unique to the VFP environment
> on their machines.

> User A says: When I go to print....My problem is...I check the box to
> collate the copies but the copies do NOT come out collated. Why is this happening??
> This works fine for me in other programs.

> User B says: When the print window opens, the copies choice is grey
> (and cannot be chosen/high-lighted at all).

> Can anyone shed some light on the issue? Where shall I look (or have them look) next?

Randy,

Different printer drivers have support for different features. VFP uses the features of those printer drivers as to what is available. Not all printer drivers support printing multiple copies in their drivers directly. Therefore in VFP they are reading information using the GetDeviceCaps() API Call to find out if the printer supports COPIES or COLOR, etc. This would be why the COPIES would be unavailable.

The COLLATION problem is probably a VFP Report printing issue. I have not tried to use it in any VFP Reports myself. In my new ActiveX Control I actually circumvent using the internal COPIES function and do the COLLATION in my own code so I know that it works regardless of the printer driver. However, it may lead to slower COPIES since I am sending each page multiple times to the printer.

So there isn't a real work around to the problem unless the printer driver would support the option. Find out what printers they are using and what version of those drivers as well. I would be curious to know what they are.