Printing landscape not working -- Two items

[ssilver]

1.) My client has changed to Windows 2000 and certain Pdox forms that contain OPAL code to determine how the reports are printed out is having a problem. I'm referring to orientation. Certain reports that were being printed out landscape under my code control are coming out in portrait format. I really don't know whether that's a Win 2000 problem or something else.
ALSO --
2.) When this client has his report initially on the screen and then wants to print it out, he cannot depress the "Modify Printer Setup" button of the "File -- Printer Setup" choice in the report menu. I have no problem with this on my system which runs on Win 98.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Stan
ssilver@compuserve.com

 

[rmcmorris]

I have struggled with this problem for years and have never found a good solution. We are still at Paradox8, but this has been a bug ever since the first Paradox for Windows. One workaround I use is to use the PrintReportInfo command to set the printer options via code, though on some systems this works, on others it will not!!!

PrinterGetOptions(prnArray)
prnArray["Orientation"]=2
If not PrinterSetOptions(prnArray,True) then
errorShow("Could not set printer options.&quot
endIf
;Verify Change...
PrinterGetOptions(prnArray)
If prnArray["Orientation"]=1 then
msgstop("ERROR","Could Not Auto-Change Orientation. Select Print Report then click on the Printer Properties Button.&quot
else
beep()
message ("Now Landscape&quot
sleep(2000)
endif

See if this helps at all.

Regan