PRINTING REPORT TO SLOW 1

[venado]

WHEN I SEND I INCORPORATE AN OLD REPORT WRITTEN IN FOX-DOS INTO VFPRO. THIS REPORT IS WRITTEN AS:
@ ... SAY .... AND SO ON. NOW, WHEN THIS REPORT IS SENT TO THE PRINTER, IT TAKE TOO LONG TO PRINT.

THE CODE IS LIKE:
SET PRINTER TO NAME(lcPrinter)
SET DEVICE TO PRINTER
SET CONSOLE OFF
SET PRINTER ON
...
@ ... SAY "....."....
SO ON,

DOES ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA WHY?
Thaks,
venado

 

[GrigoreDolghin]

Hello.

Have you tried to redirect the printing to a file the to print the file?

Hope this helps
Grigore Dolghin
Class Software
Bucharest, Romania

 

[ramani]

The problem could be elsewhere!!!

1. have you set the printer of the Win98/Win95/WineMe not to spool MSDOS JOBS. If you want to know how ... please ask again and I will reply.
2. Next choice if you have already done (1).
a. Edit the system.ini file
b. after [386enh] ... add a section as given below
==============
[NetWork}
PrintBufTime = 5

[IFSMGR}
PrintBufTime = 5
==============
5 indicates 5 seconds. You can make it to 2 or 3 or 10 as you wish. Too low a value could make the printer send extra page feeds. Be cautious!

Hope this solves your problem

Ramani

 

[JimmyK]

Hello,
Try to set printer property to print directly, not use spooling.

Jimmy Jimmy Le
nhan_tiags@yahoo.com

 

[ramani]

[NetWork]
PrintBufTime = 5

[IFSMGR]
PrintBufTime = 5

Please read the brackets correctly as it appears now.
Also dont forget to reboot the system after the correction.
ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[venado]

THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOURS SUGGESTION, I WILL TRY IT AND LET YOU KNOW.venado

 

[venado]

Hi ramani,
How do you set the printer to not spool MSDOS JOBS or how do you set printer to spool MSDOS JOBS?

I havn't done the first point you mentioned above.

venado.

 

[michel392]

venado:
I use to program reports the same style as you (FoxPro 2.0 code in Visual FoxPro), and I experienced the same problem as you when using my application in a Network environment (Windows 98 network). I tried all the advices above, by Ramani, Grigori and Jimmy, but the result was the same: the printer only ejects the report after I close the application.
But when I use the same appplication in a stand-alone computer, the printer begins to print the report immediately after I ask that report in the application.
Best regards,
Michel

P.S.: Can you indicate a good book about Visual FoxPro 6.0 for programmers like me (who just use code in VFP 6.0, like in FoxPro 2.0) ? Thanks.

 

[rgbean]

For the best group of books on FoxPro, go to

http://www.hentzenwerke.com/.

You may be especially interested in the new book by Cathy Pountney - "The Visual FoxPro Report Writer: Pushing it to the Limits and Beyond". It covers information on the FPD, FPW and VFP report writer.

Rick

 

[AChiado]

Hi venado,

if you are printing on a dot printer the problem may be use of graphical font.

If so you can do this:

send your report to a file

SET PRINTER TO mytextfile.txt
SET DEVICE TO PRINT

@ 0,0 SAY ...
@ 1,0 SAY ...
...

SET PRINTER TO
SET DEVICE TO SCREEN

and then

cStr=filetostr("mytextfile.txt&quot
SET PRINTER TO NAME GETPRINTER()
??? cStr &&& send to printer without passing from printer driver
SET PRINTER TO
SET PRINTER OFF
Andrea C.P.
Italy