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Fox dos print freezing
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From
12/10/2004 12:12:41
 
 
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12/10/2004 10:54:57
Metin Emre
Ozcom Bilgisayar Ltd.
Istanbul, Turkey
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00950603
Message ID:
00950711
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15
How do I print to the local printer? Can I do it with a report form?

>My advice don't share printers and select direct print (not spool) when using foxpro for dos under windows. Two reasons:
>
>-If you spooled your printer sometimes last few lines won't printing.
>-I had some freezing problems with windows xp.
>
>Than I don't use sharing and spooling with foxpro for dos applications and I don't have troubles. If I need printer sharing I use basic hardware printer sharing boxes.
>
>
>>I have a couple of ancient Fox DOS programs running. Some network changes were made (removing the print queues) and now these report forms freeze the DOS window when run.
>>
>>I have tried this on my development machine with the same result. WinXP printing to a network printer. The DOS window freezes at "SET PRINT TO" or when "REPORT FORM XXX TO PRINT" is entered. "REPORT FORM XXX PREVIEW" works fine.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>bonnie
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