Set Printer To - is not working

[1421]

Hi,

I did a 'set printer to\\server\printer name' command and then 'repo form abc to print' and it's not going to the 'set printer to' printer. I never tried this before. What am I doing wrong?

Thank You

 

[JRB-Bldr]

Before getting into any possible SET PRINTER TO problem, have you ensured that your Report Form does not have a printer defined within it?

As long as your report is not in Landscape mode, the following will code work to remove any "inherited" Report Form printer.

USE "MyReportForm.frx"
SELECT MyReportForm
REPLACE expr WITH "", tag WITH "", tag2 WITH "" FOR RECNO() = 1
USE

Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr

 

[1421]

This did not work. I checked all the memo fields of the first 2 FRX records & there was no mention of any printer (your 'cleanup' code worked), but the 'set printer' did not change my default (i tried with quotes and without quotes). I did go to File-->PageSetup-->Page Layout-->Page Setup and i saw the default printer in the 'name' box (not the one i 'set printer to') I changed the printer there and that worked. My question is how this can be done progromaticly & i persume 'set printer' should do it.

 

[Imaginecorp]

Try:

Set printer to NAME \\server\printer name

 

[1421]

NAME i persume being the printer name. I tried it and it still did not work

 

[Imaginecorp]

No:

If you are using windows 2000 and later; and printing to a network printer you should add the keyword "Name". This lets you send to the printer specified by "printer name", and not the default printer i.e

Set printer to Name \\myserver\lan printer name

lan printer name = assigned printer name on the network

 

[1421]

Thanx a ton!, this worked. When done I had to do 'set printer to default' to return to the default printer, 'set printer to' was not good enough.

Thanx all

 

[Imaginecorp]

Glad it worked...

 

[1421]

Hi again,

The purpose of doing this 'set printer' was to send it to a printer which converts the VFP report to a PDF & then gives the user an opportunity to email the report. I used a software package called Win2PDF, it installs as a printer and then you just select this printer.

I am wondering if anyone is familiar with this package in relation to Foxpro, to be able to feed it parameters progromaticly. (FYI: the software publishers website is

http://WWW.DANEPRAIRIE.COM)

Thank You

 

[Mike Lewis]

Hi 1421,

Win2PDF comes with a manual which includes information about how to set print parameters programmatically -- see the "Developer Information" section.

You can it either do it by making an API call, or by storing information in the registry. The manual has the details.

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[1421]

Thanx Mike,

I have never done this type of stuff before (registry updates or API call), but I will try to figure something out from the Foxpro help & will let you know if i still need help.

Thank You

 

[Mike Lewis]

1421,

I have never done this type of stuff before (registry updates or API call)

In that case, I suggest you've chosen the wrong PDF driver. The code is quite difficult in VFP, and it doesn't help that the examples are in C.

Other PDF drivers are easier to program. For example, I use the Docucom driver, which gets its settings from an INI file.

You might want to look around for an alternative to Win2PDF before you go any further.

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk