Report Listner for VFP 9

To study all possibilities of Report listener will take several months.

You should start here:
http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0404032

Then you may continue here:
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~ReportListener
and follow all links included.

If you would rather like something from Microsoft then here it is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms965279.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms965281.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950434(VS.80).aspx

VFP help also contains useful information and, of course, Hentzenwerke has books in stock: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/vfprw.htm

My whole thing is I have a small form for my exe
all you doo is enter a nber and it validates
if it finds a match i want it to bring all the details up in a full screen so the user can look at it and the print the report.  

Right I have to make my input form big as the screen ( which seems wowed since there is so little info on the form)

You may leave the main form small and maximize it before report preview. Or you may display the report in different standalone and large form. This problem is not related to Report listener.

That is what I am looking for. The Different Stand Alone Form to Show Print Preview.

What are some helpful links on that.

Ok I got it to work on my end. That is what I was looking for ....

THANK YOU

Is there a way to get the print preview tool bar (Close and Print ) to be with it?

Or Even add the bottons ?

Thanks again

The toolbar is inside the main VFP window and I don't know how to place it into report preview window just now.

If you place some buttons to the preview window and place commands described here to button's click methods: http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=4480  then it should work.

I would some how need to when creating the windo create the button object(s) to it...?

Now it seems it is easier to maximize the application form before the report preview instead of the separate window - the toolbar will be on top in such case.

this is wierd, to me...

After I print from the Windos dialog prompt my form has the report on the form...

see the attachment

before and after look
before-after.doc

I think you need NOCONSOLE keyword in REPORT FORM command.

your right.

noconsole window myReport

I ment at this line of code:

Report Form manifest.FRX To Printer PROMPT NOCONSOLE