Article: Q138396
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
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Keyword(s): kbprint kbPrinting kbReportWriter kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600
Last Modified: 11-SEP-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 5.0, 6.0
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SUMMARY
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The Report Writer in Visual FoxPro saves specific printer settings in the .frx
file. Sometimes, a user may want the report to always print to the default
Windows printer.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following steps will remove specific printer settings from the report file:
1. Open the report as a table:
USE MYREPORT.FRX
2. Locate the record that holds the printer information:
LOCATE FOR Objtype = 1 AND Objcode = 53
3. Remove the printer settings:
REPLACE Tag WITH ""
REPLACE Tag2 WITH ""
REPLACE Expr WITH ""
4. Close the report table:
USE
At this point, the printer settings have been removed, and REPORT FORM will
always print to the default Windows printer.
REFERENCES
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For more information about controlling the printer for a report, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q133163 HOWTO: Control Printer Attributes for a Report at Run Time
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbprint kbPrinting kbReportWriter kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600
Technology : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP500 kbVFP600
Issue type : kbhowto
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