Hi Walter,

Thanks for the reply.

I create the reports and allow the customer to view and print them with the crviewer. I use ODBC to get the data from within my VFP application. Some printers print just fine. Other printers print garbage. From the Crystal Knowledgebase, they acknowledge that CR9 uses UNICODE. I contacted Kyocera Mita (one of the printers that printed garbage), and they said they have now added UNICODE to their print driver. I just wondered if there was a work-around for those printers that do not have UNICODE.

Thanks,

TFISHER

>Hi Terry,
>
>Crystal Report does work fine with single byte text. Is there any particular reason why you are using unicode ?
>
>Does crystal reports log on to SQL server, or does you VFP Application get the data from SQL server and you pass that to crystal reports?
>
>Walter,
>
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>Just putting this back on the board since I didn't get a reply the first time.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I use Crystal 9 Developer and distribute the Crystal runtime engine. Some of my clients have no problem printing reports, others print garbage. I understand that Crystal 9 used Unicode and that is where the problem is, i.e, if the print driver does not use Unicode, garbage appears on the report. Example printer: Kyocera Mita prints garbage.
>>>
>>>I have suggested to my users to upgrade to the most recent print drivers. Those who have, still have the problem.
>>>
>>>QUESTION: Is there a workaround for this issue?
>>>
>>>If I upgrade to Crystal 10, will this solve the problem? I understand Crystal will come out with version 11 by years end. Any info on this?
>>>
>>>Can anyone recommend another Report program other than Crystal that will work with VFP, SQL Server and .NET?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>TFISHER