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Using Data Report Designer in vb6
I am creating a report using the Data Report Designer in vb6 (i guess the replacement for Crystal Reports) and I am trying to create a report on legal paper. I have the paper dimensions set correctly in the report but when i go to print it, it uses the default paper size of the default printer. I would like to know if there is a way to designate the papersize in a way that would communicate to the printer when i use the datareport.printreport command the correct papersize to use. All of my printers are set for letter-size paper and when i print this legal size report, it is printing on one and a half letter-size pages. I don't want the user to have to manually change the papersize in the printer options everytime they want to print. Any clues...
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So far I learned that you can only change SOME settings for it using a local printer. When you are using a local printer: there is a nice DLL available at the MSDN called PAGESET.DLL. With this DLL you can change the orientation.
What I do right now:
- automaticly install a copy a a network printer as a local printer when my application starts
- displaying the dialog of the datareport, but before doing that, sending the keys to select the right printer, paperbin and so on (see SENDKEYS at MSDN).
good luck, Mark