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Q139215: BUG: Labels Truncated When Printable Page Option Is Selected

Article: Q139215
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint kbPrinting kbvfp kbvfp300bBUG kbvfp500aBUG kbvfp500bugkbbuglist
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
========

Data is truncated from the left side of labels if you have selected the
Printable Page option.

CAUSE
=====

The Report Writer has data that occupies the non-printable area on the edge of
the current printer driver's page. Many printers can't print within a certain
margin from the edge of the page. This distance is generally around 1/4 to 1/2
inch.

WORKAROUND
==========

Manually move the fields to the right to avoid the non-printable area of the
current printer driver's page, or on the File menu, click Page Setup, and set
the Print Area to Whole Page. Then increase the left margin setting to a larger
number (at least 0.25 inches).

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The problem is specifically that even if the Printable Page option of the Print
Area (Page Setup dialog box) is selected, the data on labels in the left column
of certain label layouts are truncated. Changing this option to either Printable
Page or Whole Page (its two choices) makes no difference in the printed output.

The affected labels are:

  Left Side Truncated
  -------------------
  5096
  5196
  5260
  5660
  5896

  Top Line Truncated
  ------------------
  OML  101    (24   x 102mm)
  Tab1 107.23 (23.4 x 107mm)
  Tab1  89.23 (23.4 x  89mm)
  Tab2 107.23 (23.4 x 107mm)
  Tab2  89.23 (23.4 x 107mm)

Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. On the File menu, click New, click Label, and then click New File.

2. In the New Label dialog box, scroll down to Avery Label number 5096.
  Highlight it, and click OK.

3. On the Report menu, click Quick Report.

4. Locate the Customer table in then \Vfp\Samples\Data directory, select it, and
  click OK.

5. In the Quick Report dialog box, click Fields. Then in the Field Picker dialog
  box, move cust_id, company, and contact from the All Fields list to the
  Selected Fields list. Click OK in the Field Picker dialog box.

6. Click the vertical Field Layout button (indicating a column of fields), and
  click OK in the Quick Report dialog box.

7. On the File menu, click Page Setup, and click Printable Page in the Print
  Area option group. Click OK.

8. On the File menu, click Print Preview.

Note that the data for labels in the first column are truncated. Changing the
option in Step 7 from Printable Page to Whole Page makes no difference.

Additional query words: kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600

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Keywords          : kbprint kbPrinting kbvfp kbvfp300bBUG kbvfp500aBUG kbvfp500bug kbbuglist
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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