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Data loss in REPORT TO FILE ASCII
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02/02/2003 06:42:54
 
 
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23/01/2003 13:43:51
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00743134
Message ID:
00748123
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I tried the following commands
SET PRINTER to
SET PRINTER TO NAME "Generic / Text only"
but the problem still persists.

>Andrus,
>
>While I seriously doubt that it might help, have you tried playing with SET PRINTER in any way? Maybe just "SET PRINTER TO" or "SET PRINTER TO filename".
>
>good luck
>
>
>>I see data loss also using the following drivers:
>>
>>HP LJ3100
>>Jaws PDF Writer
>>
>>I have no control of the printer drivers installed in my customers and cannot force them to install new printers: they don't have windows disks and rights to add a printer.
>>I still want to use REPORT TO FILE ASCII in my distribute application.
>>
>>Any idea ?
>>Is this FoxPro bug ?
>>
>>>I see data lost if current VFP driver (? SET("printer",3)) is Generic/Text driver regardless of windows default driver. There's no data loss if current VFP driver isn't Generic/Text driver. You can issue SET PRINTER TO NAME < printer other than Generic/Text > prior to printing to avoid data loss.
>>>
>>>>Sergey,
>>>>
>>>>Can you add a Generic/text only printer to a set of printers,
>>>>set it as default printer and re-run your test ?
>>>>
>>>>I noticed that this occurs only with some printer drivers.
>>>>
>>>>Any idea how to force REPORT TO ASCII not to depend on the default printer driver ?
>>>>
>>>>>Andrus,
>>>>>
>>>>>I run your test under VFP7SP1 and VFP8 under Win2KSP3 and don't see any data loss. Here're my results:

>>>< snip >
Andrus
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