How can I supress the windows print dialog box? 1

[Kflasph]

I have a program that calls another program with a Shellexecute command. The second program runs in the background while the other program is still running and prints reports if needed. When the reports from the second program are printed - the printer dialog box is display and the first program looses focus.
Is there anyway to supress the windows print dialog box?

Thanks in advance!
Kflasph

 

[Kflasph]

Let me clarify what I mean by print dialog box. This is the 'message box' that shows when the report is being sent to the printer showing the page count and the printer name.
Kflasph

 

[crewchiefpro6]

Is this box a function of your printer driver? For example, my printer used to pop up a box on the lower right saying it was printing, how many pages etc. I clicked on Options on this box and turned it off.

If it is not part of your printer driver, and it IS part of a foxpro command then use this syntax

report form << your report name >> to printer noconsole

Don


Don Higgins

http://www.crewchiefpro.com

 

[Kflasph]

I was assuming that it was a windows box because it is a dialog\message box that appears on the desktop when the document is sent to the printer. My call for the report is using the report form <report name.. to printer noconsole.

Kflasph

 

[Dan Freeman]

What version of VFP?

In 8 or later, you can add NODIALOG to the REPORT command to suppress this dialog. This might (or might not) be available in VFP7 as well. I don't have a copy here to check.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

VFP7 and less take a look at faq184-2918

VFP8 + use the NODIALOG clause as suggested.



Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
ReFox XI (www.mcrgsoftware.com)

 

[Kflasph]

Thanks for pointing me to FAQ184-2918. Using that process did supress the window and now the program does not loose focus.
Thanks again,
KFlasph