Re: [Q] printing 132 cols reports in NewEra

------------64B8EA06ECC0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jun Nolasco wrote: > > Hmm. How about trying this: generate the report to a file and > then send that file to the printer (via a RUN command). We do this and > it works all the time for us. > > Jun Nolasco > nolasco@inx.net > That's our actual solution, but it limites you to only 3 printers ports (LPT1 to 3). You can capture the LPT port to a Windows shared printer although not to a remote printer (Tun Plus 8.01 and Windows 95). If the network software has a lpr command you could send the file to a remote printer, but this is dependent to network software. About the RUN command, have you get success in run a ms-dos .bat file in minimized mode?. The RUN command always open a window with the shell. (NewEra 2.20 WC1). > P.S. The new version of Crystal Reports comes with a New Era > class library. This saves you the trouble of dealing with > different kinds of printers. Note though that I haven't had > the time to use it just yet. Crytal Reports seems a good solution, but we need a solution to make use of several hundred of 4GL reports (some very complex). -- Luis M. Agudelo Jimenez luismi@cot.es ------------64B8EA06ECC0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <HTML><BODY> <DT>Jun Nolasco wrote:<BR> &gt;&nbsp;<BR> &gt; Hmm. How about trying this: generate the report to a file and<BR> &gt; then send that file to the printer (via a RUN command). We do this and<BR> &gt; it works all the time for us.<BR> &gt;&nbsp;<BR> &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jun Nolasco<BR> &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nolasco@inx.net<BR> &gt;&nbsp;</DT> <DT>That's our actual solution, but it limites you to only 3 printers ports (LPT1 to 3). You can capture the LPT port to a Windows shared printer although not to a remote printer&nbsp;(Tun Plus 8.01 and Windows 95). If the network software has a lpr command you could send the file to a remote printer, but this is dependent to network software.</DT> <DT>&nbsp;</DT> <DT>About the RUN&nbsp;command, have you get success in run a ms-dos .bat file in minimized mode?. The RUN&nbsp;command always open a window with the shell.</DT> <DT>(NewEra 2.20 WC1).</DT> <DT><BR> &gt; P.S.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The new version of Crystal Reports comes with a New Era<BR> &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; class library. This saves you the trouble of dealing with<BR> &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; different kinds of printers. Note though that I haven't had<BR> &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the time to use it just yet.<BR> <BR></DT> <DT>Crytal Reports seems a good solution, but we need a solution to make use of several hundred of&nbsp; 4GL reports (some very complex).</DT> <DT>&nbsp;</DT> <DT>--<BR> Luis M. Agudelo Jimenez<BR> luismi@cot.es<BR> &nbsp;</DT> </BODY> </HTML> ------------64B8EA06ECC0--