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VFP9 Set Print command does not work

Asked by jgbreeden in FoxPro Database

Tags: vfp, foxpro

I have read that VFP 9 has a problem with the Set Print command. I am wondering if anyone has found any other solutions.

The problem is, if you have more than one printer, and you want to print to the one that is not the default printer, in most cases the Set Print command does nothing, and your output goes to the default printer.

I have a report that was written in VFP8 that prints to a receipt printer. After compiling in VFP9, it still works fine. But if I try to modify anything on that report, and then recompile, it will fail to set the printer. I checked the environ field in the first record of the frx file and it is still set to F.

I read one thread on foxite.com about using the WinAPI's to reset the Windows default printer, then print the report, then reset it back. I'd rather not do that, since the only reason I was modifying this report was to speed it up by replacing graphics with text, since VFP9 is significantly slower than VFP8, and I am concerned that resetting Windows will be even slower.

I have also read some people get different responses if they use GetPrinter or Prompt, but I don't want to use either. Has anyone found a better solution?

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             IF PRTINFO(1,cPrinter) < 0 then
	MESSAGEBOX("Receipt printer not defined", 0)
ELSE
	set print to name [&cPrinter]
	report form "tickrep" TO PRINTER 
ENDIF

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VFP9 Set Print command does not work

Asked by jgbreeden in FoxPro Database

Tags: vfp, foxpro

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