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Q138396: HOWTO: Use the Default Windows Printer in Visual FoxPro

Article: Q138396
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
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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